Vocational inspiration.

Here are a few Hippo Clich'es :

"attitude is everything"
"love conquers all"
"all i can ask from you is courage"

One omy fave ones - which I have been repeating a lot recently is :

"life is full of stories. and really that is all you have."

even that does not stand the test of time but it does last a little longer than most things.

i say it over and over again to many many people. life is about stories. that's all everything is - a story.

in my trade i act as a middleman. a salesman. a business reaffirmist. and a listner.

nearly every day - sometimes 3/4 times a day - i get to listen to people. for 45 - 60 minutes - they let me in. they basicly take me through their career. but it's so rich you know. there is so much in that. i hear about context, consequence. i hear about trials and tribulations. and it's a safe place for them you see - so very quickly - walls come down.

this week for example - i met 2 people from africa or had worked in africa. one was zimbabwean and he was telling me about how he could not relate to what was going on there. another person was telling me how there were hospitals in africa where he had worked for and they were implementing the latest technology but due to mismanagement there was no clean water for the patients. then there was the high flyer who went to london without anything and came back with everything. stories.

stories, stories, stories. and the same thing things happenw with organisations. when there is a new job/role - be it senior or junior - it tells the tale of an group of people trying to grow, trying be more economical, trying to be better. why do you need somebdy with this skill set? why not something else? what is the plan? what is the right fit.

it's fantastic. it matures into this ability to be able to see dominoes, consequence, how on thing affects another - and that is so cool. whole chaptes, books, collections form in front of my eyes when only one small part of the puzzle is placed in front of me.

i love it. i learn so much. and it keeps it really - interesting.