Going the extra inch

Soccer penalty kick

 

(photo: In customer service all it takes to achieve the goal is just a little bit more than the customer expected… an inch will do)

Everyone has heard the customer service mantra, ‘got the extra… mile”.

But what about this one?

Go the extra inch

This is a concept that is an astonishing paradox to the notion of going the extra mile.

In calling Fidelity a month ago to set up tomorrow’s meeting, the CFP answered the phone without using his name.

In some work cultures, that is failure.

In others, it’s business as usual because people are clueless to what world class customer service looks like.

Funny thing though, the industry has created the stereotype where that type of typical service, even from the senior leaders, comes with the territory.

Funny how much respect you get when the CFP realizes your net worth.

Tomorrow will be interesting.

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Organized to maximize vibrancy

Big Daddy Weave screen shot

 

 

Beginning a one-week vacation tomorrow.

Originally scheduled to relax and return to North Carolina to visit college friends.

Instead, it’s pedal to the metal to get retirement logistics buttoned up.

Health care.

Pension.

401k.

Plus some change-the-world kind of stuff.

The thought of being the visionary feels vibrant.

Decades of thought. Six years of serious foundation building, including $80k on “bricks”.

Who wants to look back on their life and wished they had given everything?

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What do we have if we don’t have courage?

Small town welcome sign

 

(photo: Small town welcome sign, and the headwaters for Mid Life Celebration, LLC)

You can not be a prophet in your own town. Prevailing wisdom illuminates this fact.

Takes courage to follow our beliefs. Without courage, our beliefs die.

Somehow I can’t believe that there are any heights that can’t be scaled by a man who knows the secrets of making dreams come true. This special secret, it seems to me, can be summarized in four Cs. They are curiosity, confidence, courage, and constancy, and the greatest of all is confidence. When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionably. -Walt Disney

Never let your memories be bigger than your dreams.

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