An interesting dinner
Feb 10th, 2008 by Ollie Lind
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I was recently in Brisbane to do some sales training. Whilst I was there I had dinner with the sales manager. He is a young guy, very intense and dedicated to his career. He is critically concerned with the support and development of his people.
We were speaking on a wide range of topics, not all of them concerned directly with work. In fact we were discussing wine and I gave him some tips on how to taste wine properly to really savour the taste.
He commented to me that he had always thought wine was just a drink you had with dinner. Now he really appreciates what wine is. It struck me that he wasn’t only talking about wine.
I started speaking about really living life rather than being concerned with everything other than what was happening now. I said to him, “The only time life occurs is NOW.” If you worry about what you have to do tomorow, or worry about what has happened in the past, you miss the opportunity to really experience life as it happens.
At the end of the evening he was in an extremely relaxed mood (it wasn’t just the wine) and being very expansive. He told me he realized how much he had missed out on by being preoccupied.
He said to me, “Ollie, from here on I will focus on what I am doing now. Tomorrow will come when it does. I need to live now.”
I believe he now has the answer to burnout. Relax and live life now. A very interesting dinner.
Ollie Lind