Of business trips and a three-year-old
Another day, another business trip. This place is growing on me.
It’s funny but there are things mentioned in the meeting that refer back to things that happened months ago. I remember what happened and I also remember how I felt back then, how lost, how mildly terrified that I was going to screw up a big deal. Except that of course, I had no idea how big a deal. And I had no idea that this particular working relationship would turn around and become a partnership. We’ve come a really long way.
Getting to see people change is an amazing thing. Getting to see companies change equally so.
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I squeezed in an extra meeting that afternoon. I got to catch up with a b school friend over ice cream. He brought his two daughters along. Kate is 5 and Jane is 3. At one point, I have a moment alone with little Jane and she decides to pretend to be Kate.
I ask Jane, “Okay, if you’re Kate, what would Kate say? Say something that Kate would say.”
Jane thinks for a long time. Then she bursts out, “‘No, Jane!!’ That’s what Kate would say.”
:)))
When we leave, I hug my friend. I get in my car. Then Jane decides she wants a hug too. So her dad carries her over. My new three-year-old friend hugs me and kisses me on the cheek.
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May all your business trips be so full of blessings.
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