Six career observations from watching SuperBowl 47

Super Dome from hotel room
Super Dome from hotel room

 

Six career observations from watching SuperBowl 47:

1. Team work is under rated

2. Expect the unexpected

3. Virtually everything’s a risk

4. Goals drive extraordinary behavior

5. The loser is still the second best overall, and no one cares

6. Winner takes all

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We must constantly be careful not to send the wrong message

highway information sign, a giant question mark
some answers are very challenging to explain

 

The main point: Every time we stumble, be sorry, pick ourselves back up, and keep moving forward.

We must constantly be careful not to send the wrong message. This is terrifying sometimes. Like recently.

Nearly two months ago, Lee Cockerell generously shared a copy of his new book, The Customer Rules: The 39 Essential Rules for Delivering Sensational Service.

Holidays, year-end commitments, hard work, precious Family time, important exercising, blessed worshipping, daily home chores, (never enough) volunteering, passionate writing – all take time. And time is money. Feeling like I need to borrow some (time).

Maybe this week. Maybe.

Heading to New Orleans to speak in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome to 8k people.

(for real)

Lee trusts me to be responsible. He gave the book nearly four months ahead of it’s official release, March 5, 2013.

We can take solace, but not ever use it as an excuse, that everyone stumbles.

Everyone. And we forgive each other, no matter what.

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The only fair way to treat everyone the same is this rarely used strategy

everyone is a VIP, very individual person
everyone is a VIP, very individual person

 

The only fair way to treat everyone the same is this rarely used strategy.

Treat everyone the same, by treating everyone differently.

Does anyone exist on our planet that likes a cookie cutter approach to being treated like a “special individual”?

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