Mobile XEE Launch 4.3.10
Turning points.
It seems that in life, whether you are watching a sporting event, attending a party, participating in a conversation or simply going through our day, there exists turing points. It could be something as simple as an encouraging conversation, an attractive person shooting you a smile from across the way, being paid a sincere complement or an unforeseen devastating phone call. Each carries with it the ability to transition our day or event for better or for worse.
This past weekend in Mobile, we had a turning point of our own during the first couple of hours of our XEE launch. Mel asked the innocent question: “why don’t we have name tags?” A fair question that provoked a great discussion. We talked about how in every launch we strive to model that which they’ll be experiencing in real life or their training semester. With that in mind, we focused on the power of remembering someone’s names. Whether we met them 5 minutes ago, 5 months ago or even 5 years ago, there is an emotional response of “wow,they remember me,” and an unconscious thought of ”I’m worth being remembered” when we recall someone’s name. I took the opportunity to go around the room and address each person by their name after only meeting them a little over an hour ago. People were shocked that I was able to use everyone’s name correctly in such a short time. Please note that the reason I’m sharing this is not to say “hey look at me,” but to highlight the turning point of our launch.
From that moment on, everyone in our group went out of their way to introduce themselves to the other launch participants. They even displayed great humility in re-introducing themselves repeatedly throughout the launch as they forgot names. The dynamic in the room took a turn for the best as we began making friends and investing those around us. It took effort and humility, and when the launch concluded we left as friends. It was a privilege to spend a week with such great people!
