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January 26, 2007

Get Motivated

Yesterday, our team took a day to Get Motivated here in Atlanta, The Get Motivaed Seminar included great speakers like Zig Ziglar, Rudolph Giuliani, General Colin Powell, Michael Eisner,. Larry King, John Smoltz and Tom Hopkins. Seems most folks in Atlanta enjoyed John Smoltz’s session since he was able to show some of the success of the Atlanta Braves. John is a solid fixture here in Atlanta and especially the Braves. He spoke on the fear of failure, discipline, dreaming, and perseverance. He provided us with the inspiration to get goals; not just realistic ones, but way out there goals. Zig Ziglar proved once again why he is number one at eighty. I loved his jokes; the one about having a pity party is bad because no one ever shows up not bring presents. He discussed the home court advantage and the importance of having a great family and I couldn’t agree more.

I was looking forward to Mr. Eisner’s session the most and he didn’t disappoint me. While others thought it was a bit dry, I thought is was great. He provided some great stories and ideas that all of can implement with Collaboration and Metadata Services. He spoke at length of the importance of branding and ensuring the message is consistent and even answered Tom Peter’s complaint about shampoo bottles. What does your brand stand for and what does it not?

The conference was well worth the small price and I look forward to the next time they are in town.

Posted by Todd at January 26, 2007 11:44 AM