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Important Update

Important Update

Notice is hereby given that the 2024 Annual Meeting for regular members of the West Point Association of Graduates (WPAOG) will take place on Tuesday, November 19 at 5:00 pm Eastern Time in the Herbert Hall Alumni Center, 698 Mills Road, West Point, New York 10996. The business of the meeting will be to elect a Chair, Vice-Chair, five members to our Board of Directors, and six Advisors at Large.

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Balancing Work-Life Harmony

Category: Grad News
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This episode features a conversation with Danny Hwang ’06, Founder & CEO, NPX Point Avenue.

Danny is the Founder & CEO of education technology company Point Avenue, and a Partner at NPX Capital.

On this episode, Danny shares the major setbacks he overcame at West Point, how mentors like his brother shaped his life, and what you should be striving for instead of work-life balance.

Episode Timestamps

(02:12) Danny’s four major setbacks while at West Point
(04:55) Where the Army took Danny after West Point
(06:05) Post-military life for Danny where he wanted to go/do
(08:46) Danny and his brother’s close-knit relationship
(14:06) Measuring success at NPX Point Avenue
(18:01) All the different aspects of NPX
(21:15) Segment: SOP – Standard Operating Procedure
(25:47) Where Danny got his discipline from and when it began
(27:37) What Danny’s motivation is and how it compared to his past
(32:07) Giving Back

“First is what I call work-life harmony. There’s no such thing as work-life balance because that automatically assumes that those are two competing forces. And I always remind people including myself, that if you want to build success, the grinding, the hard work, the sacrifice, that is a must. There are no freebies.”

—Danny Hwang ’06

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