About Hemant Rustogi

An award-winning teacher at The University of Tampa, an entrepreneur, a CEO and founding principal of Advantage Pointe Internationale, and blogger on 5oclockreflections.com.

Feed the Right Wolf

Belief in yourself begins and ends with your understanding that you can talk yourself into or out of anything. Which wolf will you feed? … [Read more...]

A Difficult Goodbye

I saw the tears well up in the eyes of this grown man, as he kissed his little girl goodbye when she boarded her international flight as an unaccompanied minor. His eyes told a story of heartbreak for that little face he would not see for a … [Read more...]

Starbucks

The coffee shop was in the process of closing at Dulles, as I stood in line to board my outbound flight. I asked for a glass of water — not coffee, no chai latte’s and no food — just water.  I was told by a flippant employee that it would not … [Read more...]

NO

Anne Lamott reminds us that “NO is a complete sentence”.  Of course, it’s a matter of context.  In business, NO could be a “maybe”, a potential YES, or for the mavericks — “let’s make it happen”.  However, in personal relationships, … [Read more...]