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TOP OF THE WEEK TO YOU!
(by realwired! CEO, Brenda Dohring Hicks)
Top of the Week to You! is designed to offer the inside scoop and latest of what's important in the world of technology as it relates to the commercial real estate industry. |
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What Would We Tattoo?
For some reason I've been in places over the last couple of weeks where there have been a lot of people with tattoos. I'll go on record as saying, I really don't like tattoos. Don't get me wrong sometimes I can appreciate them for their artwork, but there's just something about the permanency and public display of body art that I'm just not fond of. I think I know many of you, as I talk to you each week, and for the most part I'm safe in assuming that many of you probably don't like tattoos much either. But there is something to be said about what kind of "mark" you and I want to make. What kind of "tattoo" would I want people to see about who I am and how I run my business?
The tattoo that first got me thinking about this was in the transition area for the Saint Anthony's triathlon. Trust me, triathlons are great places for type A personalities and there's a lot of skin showing, so you tend to see a lot of tattoos. As I was finishing up the day and retrieving my bike from the rack, I came face-to-face with a young man who had what admittedly was one of the most unique tattoos on his left arm that I have ever seen. It was Gaelic writing encircling his left arm in one and a half-inch letters. I stopped to tell him that I admired it and asked what it said. As he pointed to his other arm, his back, his chest and his legs filled with tattoos he said, All of this is from a point in my life when I forgot some of the things my mother told me were important. On the arm that you're pointing to is a positive Gaelic statement that my mom instilled in me. And while he didn't go into detail, it was clear he was proud that it was likely one of the last tattoos he'd get for a while.
The other tattoo that made me think was on a young woman's back as she used her press pass to take up-close and personal pictures of many of the bands at this year's New Orleans Jazz Fest. I had never been to it before and it was a terrific, energizing experience and because we had passes to be up front, I repeatedly saw this young woman's tattoo staring at me. Here's what it said, "Pain is inevitable suffering is optional. " And boy, can't we all relate to that relative to the commercial real estate market and the general economy?
So as I sat down to write to you about business, process and technology this week, I kept coming back to the question of what kind of "mark" you and I might want to make. What would we publicly wear as a permanent reminder of who we are as a business person, as a leader, as a specialist in what we do? I think mine would say, "A constant state of learning." I look forward to you sharing yours.
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