I got to meet Haley and Harrison, Cyndi's twins and they are soooooo adorable and between their love and their golden retrieve Liberty's love... I was feeling all warm and fuzzy, gotta love that :)
Cyndi and I headed out to the Philadelphia Museum of Art.... a/k/a the Rocky statue and stairs!
I have been wanting to go there for the past year of travel to Philly and finally made it :)
We had a fantastic talk. It was just what I needed. We laughed a lot and of course solved some worlds problems :) I am blessed to get to travel for work and be able to also tie that into seeing people I care about.
I went out with 3 other DMs, 2 from Philly area and 1 who flew in from Boston as well as one of our Territory team members in from Long Island. It was a really fun evening. We went to Buddahkan. I had been there before and it is good food, everyone shares a bunch of dishes. huge Buddah in room (however after being to Thailand- not all that impressive).Its "ok" food. Some dishes better than others. You pay for atmosphere.
We headed out to a bar not far from there for a while and eventually all back to center city to crash at the Hyatt.
Today was spent with a different DM in Philly at a store that is struggling. I felt like I really did some good work there today. The GM seemed really open and I was able to get her to think through her growth plans in a new way. The DM was pleased too... so in the end it was a VERY good business trip.
So beyond all the great business that took place, I decided today is October 1st, time to start new. Coco moved out to her own place today (yippee Coco enjoy!!) and the bigger move was that I removed some energy in my life that was pretty toxic. It had distracted me from what is good in my life, so today I felt like a weight had been lifted. I lost my voice for a bit, but I have it back and hope to never lose it again. This is the new beginning I refer to. I am blessed with friends and family that reminded me of this the past few weeks, and I am also blessed to be at a place in life where I can see the lesson from it.
Always trust your instincts people, there is a reason for it, don't let anyone convince you not to.
So in the end Philly was a really good trip both personally and professionally.
This was in an email I received today - sometimes the timing is ironic on what pops in your inbox - kismet if you will:
- We are unaware
- We become aware of facts, data, information.
- We comprehend meaning from the facts.
- We can personally apply the information in our lives.
- We have wisdom, enlightened, we can lovingly apply our knowledge to world affairs.
- We live in truth.
KK
