As many of you know, yesterday was a challenging day for my family and I.
Somewhere beneath the worry, the trip to Sloan Kettering and quite a few prayers, it was also my daughter’s birthday.
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In spite of having both her parents absent for a few hours, she demonstrated the maturity to understand that sometimes it isn’t all about us. Something many of us adults need to grasp from time to time.
I’ve also decided that I want to come back as her in my next life. This newly anointed 13 year old had more Facebook Birthday wall posts than Ashton Kutcher has Twitter followers. Which brings us to something else . . .
She responded to each and every one of them and expressed gratitude.
So yesterday the teacher became the student and I had a wonderful opportunity to observe maturity and gratitude and more importantly . . .
Invite them along for the ride as I prepare for the a new year and a fresh opportunity to put that ding in the universe.
Oh, and perhaps next year I’ll have the maturity to finally let go of the 7 year old version of Daddy’s little girl!
Wishing you a new year that is nothing short of amazing!
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Paul Castain is the Vice President of Sales Development for Consolidated Graphics where he oversees the training and development of 700 sales Jedis.
Prior to working for Consolidated Graphics. Paul was the Director Of Corporate Solutions Sales for Dale Carnegie & Associates and the owner of two successful businesses.
Over the last 27 years, Paul has trained and mentored over 3,000 sales professionals, written sales training content for several Fortune 500 companies and is the author of Castain’s Sales Playbook (which just won a Sales Pop award for best sales website).