Perfect Day?
Start at Starbucks.
Strategize in the office.
Go back to Starbucks for a meeting.
Return to the office for a call and more strategizing.
Get a Starbucks delivered to the office and work through lunch.
Participate in a conference call.
Go back to Starbucks for an afternoon discussion.
Return to the office for more strategizing.
Go to dinner for collaboration and strategizing.
Head to the hotel for a night cap.
Learn life lessons from a very senior sales/BD guy at the bar.
Pick up his tab and agree to meet again in April when both of us return.
Ponder the day’s discussions and capture the thoughts, images, and dreams so you don’t forget.
Finally get to bed after midnight.
Was anything accomplished?
I have pages upon pages of notes.
I have new ideas, some great recommendations, and several very important affirmations of path and plan.
I have new tasks from the boss and recurring expecations from the team.
I have several things becoming much clearer and several other things getting much murkier.
I have a couple of new “ah hah’s” with several additional “duh’s”.
So, a perfect day?
Pretty close!
Only thing missing, “closed huge deal”!