I'm Impressed

I stopped in to get some gas at the Co-Op station this afternoon. The young fellow in there asked me how my day had gone. "Great" I said.I continued "I got lots of work done and I learned some stuff this afternoon"."Oh," he said, "were you at school?""No," I replied, "I just think we can learn new stuff every day.""I'm impressed" he replied with a big grin.

Kinda makes your day!

What are you focused on?

In my readings I come across great learnings – such was the case in a book that I picked up on the weekend, and finished this morning.One of the main characters, after recently undergoing a major personal breakthrough, attends a gallery opening and encounters a psychologist who treated her 30+ years before. She retreats to the kitchen and very carefully selects a china plate from the cupboard. Approaching the buffet she piles the plate with beautiful fresh fruits, breads and cheeses and brings it to the Doctor. He does not recognize her and she initiates a conversation with him.As they talk, she moves the plate towards him, pushing some food aside to reveal a crack in the china. Pointing it out to him, she asks him if he feels it could be mended. Unsure where the conversation is going, he answers that he does not feel it can be fixed. She goes on . . . explaining that the plate is still quite good, and that at first he hadn’t even seen the crack, just the food upon it.His discomfort increases, and she continues, “…if you concentrated on the crack, you’d never use it. You might even chuck it in the bin. But it’s still pretty and it’s still useful. And, anyway, the crack means it’s got a story to tell.”

Do you focus on the cracks, or the plates?

Social Media

I have officially named June 2009 Social Media month in my little corner of the world!

I have hosted a dinner meeting with Catherine Novak of WordSpring, attended a session with the Sales & Marketing Executives, hosted a breakfast meeting with Jay Neill from Magi Studios and yesterday, a luncheon sponsored by SunStar Media was held in Victoria.

I have created my background for my Twitter (check it out at www.twitter.com/24carrotlearn) and on July 9th I am again hosting Jay for a breakfast meeting in Victoria at the Howard Johnson - check out the event at http://www.24carrotlearning.com/eventdetails.cfm?event=2365

Quite exciting - off to learn some more!