Blog Post: 5 Things I'm Excited About on a Friday

Time to get excited…it’s Friday! It has been an eventful first week on the Pursue the Passion tour, with lots of stuff to be excited about.  Here are the 5 things I am excited about on a Friday.

1) I’m excited about learning from mistakes. Caught up in the excitement of the tour, I grossly overbooked our schedule during the first week of the tour. We have not even had a moment to check email or write a thank you note because we are constantly rushing from interview to interview. I’m excited about making changes for the remaining eleven weeks of the tour so we don’t treat the tour like a 100 yard sprint, but more like an ultra marathon.

2) I’m excited about sharing the interviews with some of the extraordinary people we met this week. Once we correct the time management issue discussed above in #1, you will be reading about how passions develop with Pamela Slim to the importance of getting back to the basics with Sea World killer whale trainer Robin Sheets. Other interviews we conducted this week included Phoenix Suns controller Mary Gilbaugh and president Rick Welts, Jobing execs Brian Mohr and Scott Foreman, helicopter reporter Bruce Haffner, Fox 10 reporter Andrew Hasbun, editor of East West magazine Anita Malik, co-founder of Fairytale Brownies David Kravetz, professional speaker Rick Barrera, Sombrero Mexican food general manager Javier Correra Jr., San Diego Film Commission President Cathy Anderson, author Jackie Freiberg, Studio West owner Peter Dyson, and Monster Cable VP Donna Fabri.

3) One year ago on the first week of the Pursue the Passion tour the RV broke down. We had some minor troubles with the RV this week (the AC stopped working on a drive from Phoenix to San Diego, making it 112 degrees in the RV. The lock on the door stopped working, then worked too well after locking us in the RV… forcing us to exit out of the windows for an interview with Rick Barrera. Oh, and a minor “ant” problem that made us abandon our snacks) but all in all, the engine is still roaring and I’m excited about keeping it that way.

4) I’m excited to have our first “Passiongers” join us as part of a new program we are implementing into this tour, where we pick up recent college grads or people that don’t like their jobs for a day of interviews. Daniel Weber will be flying down to San Diego tonight to join us, and Taneika McClelland has been a Passionger throughout the week.

5) I’m excited about seeing my team members develop. The roles and responsibilities they’ve undertaken on the tour has been overwhelming for everyone so far, but I can see that the cards are stacked to see these guys succeed and grow. I’m excited to see if what I envision for them will come true.

What are you excited about today!?