On Being Social & Grouping Together
This weekend, I got teased a bunch for being social. It made me realize, I’ve spent most of the year locked up in my office, along with our dedicated team, bringing ALUMRISE to life.
I missed lots of parties in 2008, because I was on the road. Didn’t get a chance to talk to my daughter about her precocious 4 year old views on life:
“Mama, You don’t have a good remembory,” she tsk-ed tsk-ed to me, the other day. “You forgot again to go to the bank. And then you forgot to go to the post office.”
How does a 4 year old have a better grasp on my task list than me?
For most of 2008, I woke up every night every time I heard a ping on my blackberry. The blackberry has been put on winter holidays early this year.
The end of year is a great time to let loose and remind ourselves who we want to be associated with; and which affiliations, either professional or personal – matter to us the most. It’s also a great time to think about who we will choose to be most closely aligned with in 2009. In good times or bad, our affiliations speak for us – whether in business or in life.
As an ALUMRISE team, we’re spending a whole lot of our holiday time this year talking about the power of connectors and groups. You will be excited to hear what is to come in 2009 that speaks to the true power of group-makers, and the power of real-time, dynamic groupings of talented individuals.
But just right now, I’m reminding myself to go be social. The holidays are coming early this year, and thank goodness they are, because 2009 is going to be a rollercoaster. Enjoy the time, and keep your valued friends and associates close. That’s what I’m doing.