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Mastery & Success – Are You An Amateur or a Professional?

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I worked this last week with an incredible range of professionals…including… Vince Rodriguez, the superb event planner for my keynote at the New Orleans NRECA conference on Wednesday. Up until the last moment before I got on stage, he was still making sure everything was as it should be.

Vince was ever attentive, ever aware. And afterwards, during the break, he was mentally reviewing and discussing with me how he might have planned a few things slightly differently, how next time he would make one or two small adjustments that would lead to an even better flow.

Vince…is a true professional.

On Thurs/Friday, one of my EMS (Executive Mastery Series) clients came into NYC for our private session. Despite his high level, his impeccable credentials, and his CEO pedigree, he’s still committed to learning, growing, polishing, and improving. It’s a joy to see and it is a true honor to work with him.

Though he’d put a ton of time into preparing his presentation for an upcoming event, he realized after our first hour on Thursday that it was off course and he needed to scrap the entire opening and structure.

It wasn’t bad. It was OK. And he could easily have just said, “It’s fine.” But he wouldn’t be where he is now if that were his attitude. He stayed up that night rewriting the whole thing.

The professional is ever aware, always improving, and always asking, “How could it be better?” And then…is willing to do the work to make it so.  It isn’t ever easy…but it’s always worth it.

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