During the event I saw things that looked like parallels in my business and I am going to try and make sense out of what I saw. But first, some background:
- I've never seen a pageant live
- I didn't know you won money for scholarships ($7,000+ in one night)
- I was by myself and really got a chance to absorb what I was seeing without distraction
First things first, all but one-won. Failure was ever present. Every girl who got dressed up that evening failed, minus one. And as soon as the winner was crowned, every girl who didn't win immediately ran up to her and gave her a hug.
In order for you to embrace the same shock value I did, I have to ask, when have you hugged and congratulated a peer on a promotion that you attempted but didn't get? By immediately running up to them with affection?
From where I'm sitting, I've never done that.
I was back in my high school and all of the memories that come with and my mind drifts back to the time I wanted to be the captain of my high school football team. Yep, didn't get that. And I know I never shook any of my buddy's hands with a congratulations behind it.
The second thing I heard a lot of was appreciation. My friend who has put this pageant on for 14 straight years has given away over $50,000 in that time. Multiple girls came back just to say thank you because it's his last year. The winner said thank you a million times. The girl who passed her crown on from the previous year said thank you. The judges were thanked, the participants were thanks, the support staff was thanked, the high school students who put on the pageant were thanked. Appreciation ran deep.
The last thing that really left an impression on me was a girl's ability to recall facts and specific information. I used to play football and I studied Sport Management as my formal education. Sports' facts and tidbits are well known to have an industry of their own. I sat down and listened to a girl tell me about when she participated in the event herself and which place she came in. I'm listening to someone recall information from literally years prior like it happened yesterday. The only other place I've seen this is athletics and with guys I've been friends with. The same veracity I spent on sports, these girls spend on their pageant.
I was amazed at what happened this weekend, I never knew that my school had a hand in creating productive citizens who carry themselves with style, poise and grace.
Well done David.
The last thing that really left an impression on me was a girl's ability to recall facts and specific information. I used to play football and I studied Sport Management as my formal education. Sports' facts and tidbits are well known to have an industry of their own. I sat down and listened to a girl tell me about when she participated in the event herself and which place she came in. I'm listening to someone recall information from literally years prior like it happened yesterday. The only other place I've seen this is athletics and with guys I've been friends with. The same veracity I spent on sports, these girls spend on their pageant.
I was amazed at what happened this weekend, I never knew that my school had a hand in creating productive citizens who carry themselves with style, poise and grace.
Well done David.
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