How Motivating!!

Another friend e mailed and asked me if I wasn't going to be blogging anymore... no, Diane, don't quit looking. I'm here!

Tuesday evening I visited our daughter Dawn, and her family in Hudson, WI. I had a work meeting to attend on Wednesday, so it's the perfect opportunity for me to visit family, as the Mendota Hghts. office is only about 30 min. drive from her house. The meeting was until 7 pm, so I stayed over last night and drove home this morning. It was our semi-annual regional meeting, where the Minnesota region staff get together, for training, information, etc. It's always nice to see the co/workers from all over the state that you often only see at these meetings. All the other staff stayed overnight and had more training today. Us "Administrative Support" staff only needed to be there yesterday. So, I had a quiet day at the office. (Got a lot done, no interruptions...ha ha). One of the speakers yesterday was a motivational speaker who talked about the importance of "First Impressions" and how to make a good "first impression"! He reminded us (I'm sure you've all heard this before), that when someone meets you for the first time, they only take 30 seconds to have an impression of you that usually "sticks", so you want it to be a good one! He was very good. He grew up in Poland, under the Communist regime. He escaped to Austria when he was 17, and he lived in a camp until he got political assylum to come to America when he was 23 years old. Needless to say, he loves America and his story was quite interesting. He told how "making a good first impression", helped him through many rough times in his life. (He's in his 40's now).

We also heard from our CEO, Jeri Allen. She is a great speaker, and never fails to impress us, motivate us and give us good tips! When we hear her, we are reminded why she is our C.E.O. She is a special person! So, it was a worthwhile meeting!