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PARTING WORDS
Jim Lee, LPC Executive Editor
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I, for one, have described the past year as one big groundhog day for me. Get up, have breakfast, go to the office, go home, watch TV. Get up the next day and repeat.
journey, the goal, and thrive he past year has been on it all. For those people, crazy, don’t you think? the pursuit of their goal is For some it has been one big not work; it is not tiring. It Groundhog Day—you might is fun and intriguing. Their remember the movie with Bill passion is contagious. Those Murray and Andie MacDowell. around them begin to share Murray woke up every day, in their excitement. reliving the previous over again. I, for one, have described ● It is true that your career the past year as one big will be shaped by your groundhog day for me. Get up, surroundings—by the have breakfast, go to the office, character of the people with go home, watch TV. Get up the whom you come in contact. next day and repeat. For others, But how do you know you it has been a new source for are with the “right people?” growth. Learning how to adapt, I use a very simple rule: how to do more remotely, how They make me feel good, to be more accepting of others. positive, and upbeat, and I That is what I have heard from have no fear of what they some executives. might do in our relationship. So I am in the repeater camp. I trust them. With that in mind, here are ● Ever wonder why some some of my favorite things I people just seem to get have said before (groundhog a lot of pats on the back? statements of sorts): How some people have a reputation for being a ● The best vendor account person who knows how managers are those who are to get things done? There interested in the success of are many LP folks who fit a company or LP program these descriptions; maybe and not just interested in you are one of them. They selling. They are interested are people who approach in the person. They share each day in a positive state their company’s agenda and of mind. They love the future plans. They return challenge of what to do. calls quickly and respond to They realize that they can the needs of the customer. mess up or be rejected. The bottom line is that the Their persistence to little things mean a lot in succeed removes the fear being the best. of failure. ● People who consistently win Lastly here is a story that do it with passion. They get depicts what the pandemic excited about what they are has been. Called “The Mystery doing. They have become Revealed," it goes like this passionately invested in the March–April 2021
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(adapted from Random House Book of Jokes and Anecdotes). After years of a fast-paced job, Dustin sold his house, gave away all his possessions, and set out to discover the meaning of life. He meditated, fasted, chanted, grew a beard—you name it—in hopes of gaining insight and wisdom. One day he read about a wise man who lived in a remote mountain village in some faraway country. The wise man had been extolling his philosophy to pilgrims for decades. So Dustin flew to the country and hired guides to help him locate the mountain. The guides took him to the base of the mountain and told him he’d have to go the rest of the way by himself. After two days of climbing, Dustin finally reached the small shack that the sage called home. The wise man was seated outside smoking a primitive-looking pipe. “I have given up all of my worldly possessions and traveled halfway around the world to reach you,” said Dustin. “I seek your wisdom in answering the question—what is the secret of life?” The sage looked deep into Dustin’s eyes and said, “Life is a stream.” “What? I came all of this way, and that’s all you’ve got to say?” “Okay, okay,” the sage said in an affected New York accent. “Life is not a stream.”
