A hopeful case of the Mondays

I have a confession to make. I'm cocky and sometimes a little too confident. For those of you who know me, I'm sure you are saying "duh Eric, we already knew that, but it's about time you realized it." Once again, this internship has acted as gravity and brought me back down to earth.

*What happened today that you feel this way?

So glad you asked! Well, part our training is to "book" our tour. That means, lots of emails, cold calling, the practice of patience, phone calls, more emails, more cold calling, more patience, more phone calls, repeat.

We do this until we are sent back a screening agreement, at which point are allowed to ring a gong. Yes, we do have a giant gong in the office. Every roadie dreams about the beautiful noise that it makes when it is rung and cheers when a fellow roadie gets up to ring it. *I have not had the opportunity to produce this beautiful noise yet, but rest assured, that when I do, there will be a video to prove it.

P.S. In my own twisted way I just explained why I was yet again humbled today. Tons of work and not 1 screening agreement. I'm chasing you down screen agreement, you cannot run forever.

However, the title of this blog-post also portrays a sense of satisfaction. A staff member, Jed, gave us a presentation that he titled, "Investing in others." I cried.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOAcRKZxjy4

The above link will make you cry. I'm serious, be careful. However, the meaning is deep. Oden, devoted his life to care for those around him and it brought him real happiness. Studies suggest that people who have intrinsic goals (personal growth, building over relationships, a sense of community) over extrinsic goals (money, image, status) are "happier." Obviously everyone has their own definition of the word happiness. I guess what I'm trying to say is Thank You. My intrinsic goals are being reached and as a result enable me to be happy because of those that I surround myself with (YOU!).