humanity
The real lives of businessmen, professionals, the everyday man, stay at home parent, healthy lifestyle influencers, and general feel good human stories.
Sunday brunch
There we were, a group of young women all out together for a Sunday brunch. It had been quite the weekend. We had all gotten together from various places to go dancing, sit on patios and have a general good time. But the weekend was in its golden hour and we were all sitting outside in the sunshine, having a mamosa and ordering our meals. At the time I was just totally in the moment, we were laughing and reliving parts of the previous evening. I remember feeling quite at ease amongst my friends as we chattered on, eating and drawing out the afternoon. It wasn’t untill later on when our server came over to our table and told us that all of our meals had been paid for. This was so unexpected, there were 6 or so of us and it wasn’t the cheapest place in town. We asked who had paid! She told us it had been an older gentleman, she said he had asked her to wait untill he had left to tell us what he did. He told her that he had been watching us and was given hope for the future generations. That’s why he paid. That was over ten years ago now, I’ll never forget it, his act of kindness. It touched me knowing we could all inspire each other just by living, and laughing.
By Jeni Dowding5 years ago in Journal
Enjoy the Little Things
Picture this: you have been working at a dead-end retail job for the past 3 years. But you were just thankful to have this job after your life fell into shambles. Even with a wife and a newborn, you had to reset your life after having the biggest financial troubles you have ever had to deal with. You spent the past few years working your tail off climbing up the store ladder so that your family’s life can get back on track. You are now the Shoes manager at the store, but since you had to work hard to get where you are now, you had to sacrifice less time with your family. Look at the picture: you are my manager Nick.
By Stephen Reilly5 years ago in Journal
Reaching a Million Pt. 2
December 25th 2020. I had the startling realization that I had not bought a single Christmas gift for anyone. Not my mom, step dad, wife or even my 7 month old son. I just couldn’t afford to buy anyone a gift. No one made me feel bad about this, my wife understood and I was young enough to not be obligated to give gifts to my parents yet but I still wanted to.
By One of Few5 years ago in Journal
Tell Your Story.
Over the years I have struggled with finding my purpose. I have been great at doing many things. I tend to excel at any job I am given. So why is it that eventually I lose that job. When I worked for others I found that often people would play favorites. Meaning, even though I was the better worker. I would often find myself in conflict with management. An example, and most common of these conflicts. Would be someone telling me that I am not working hard enough. That I need to pick up the pace.
By Cameron Tutt5 years ago in Journal
Hard Work And Wisdom From A Self-Taught Pro
Aaron Welch was a digital marketer before the job even existed. In fact, unbeknownst to him, he started developing his career before he even finished elementary school when he got his first computer at seven-years-old.
By Victoria Kennedy5 years ago in Journal
Reconciliation in a Gesture
I started my morning at work the same as I always had. I smiled and waved at all who greeted me and made my way toward the time clock to ensure that my efforts would be monetary, not voluntary. I made my way to my office and sat down at the computer to check emails, analyze sales statistics, and any other things that needed to be done before I started my pre-production routine. It was a typical day; I don't recall any emails that were unusual or profound nor did I see that the previous day contained any sales trend that was too far from the norm. As I worked, the silence and solitude resounded through each area I moved through, but I knew that would change at nine a.m. I managed a small staff of employees that would work later in the day, but my right hand man was my assistant, Matt, who was due to come in at nine. Suddenly, I heard a joyous and contagious laughter that always carried though long distances come from the front of the store and I smiled, knowing that Matt was already here. It was only eight-thirty and he was early, but that wasn't completely unusual. Matt loved people and it showed how such a large piece of his heart belonged to conversing and having a good time. He was the perfect assistant for me because he served as a foil to the introvert I have always been, and was able to provide the relational aspect of customer service that I struggled with. He and Mike, the senior manager of the store, had a lot in common and just seemed to "mesh" perfectly and it wasn't unusual for them to be visiting as they were this morning.
By Vince Coliam5 years ago in Journal
How Much Are You Worth?
In the first week of January we were asked to pitch for the entertainment on a virtual awards evening for a massive multi-national conglomerate (& their clients), which we did, and won over 3 other pitches. We were fore-warned that the budget wasn’t going to be big at all so we needed to factor that in when coming up with realisable ideas, CHECK. We also knew that we weren’t the only ones asked to pitch for this so needed to: 1. Think outside of the box ideas-wise yet make the event look a million buck$£€¥ (despite the budget), CHECK, and 2. with so many cultures & demographics involved a certain sensitivity would be required, CHECK. Oh, and 3. include the host company’s mission in the pitch, CHECK. Without wanting to blow our own trumpets the client said we blew everyone else out of the water. Yay, happy! The event is scheduled for mid-February so well-scheduled project management is in order. Once the ideas have been accepted by the client it should just be a standard case of planning: checking to see where, or if, we need to outsource and who we might need to contract into the event/confirm availability, risk assessment bla bla bla. A good amount of work done within days (not including the time taken to come up with the pitch). Several days later, we're informed the budget has been lessened somewhat and could we “adjust our ideas to suit”? We figure we can squeeze a couple of things a little without altering the scope too much, so Yes. Client again “thrilled”. Jump ahead several more days, negotiations with third parties confirmed, virtual backgrounds being worked on, artists narrowed down to a select high-end few and the client comes back to us once more, someone new in their team (new to us, anyway) and tells us that the budget is to be cut again. Literally to approximately 60% of the original, already very tight figure. At that point we freeze everything and take a step back to assess the situation. Adaptability is a non-negotiable quality in the events industry. There are a hundred & one things out of a hundred that might need to be changed at some point so if you’re not able to adapt, even at the last minute, you’re in the wrong business. That’s not saying that with careful planning, clear communication & management you might not have the smoothest ride, but everyone in the events industry, especially the bespoke end, knows that clients are notorious for spraying on your ideas like a dog marking it’s territory around the neighbourhood - my event, my way. And that’s fine. It truly is. They’re paying, after all. And sometimes their ideas are great! But when they insist that your compromise becomes sacrifice, you have to ask yourself if it’s worth doing at all. Invitees at the event won’t know, nor care, that you’ve jumped through hoops, they’ll just see the end result and assess for themselves if it worked, or not. And if it doesn’t, your hoop jumping accounts for nothing. In fact, it only adds to your failure as clearly you weren’t, what? Adaptable. Or creative enough. Or, let’s face it, good. All of this, of course, is the ultimate risk assessment. Weighing everything up, it was very clear that any results from such a pitiful budget would only damage our own image. We let them know immediately that we were stepping away, within the hour, actually. We notified all the third parties we’d engaged and let the artists know they can now free up those dates.
By Joseph Murray5 years ago in Journal
Kindness On Vocal
Vocal has changed a lot past few years. I have been a member of this site for three and a half years and has seen changes even though the interface and the concept remains the same. You can write about whatever you want on Vocal and get paid for it. Vocal has grown a lot since I last joined and there has always been a lot of competition to get more reads and hopefully some tips for their work.
By Chloe Gilholy5 years ago in Journal
Young Entrepreneur Vinod Pund bringing latest trends in Digital Marketing
The PRO in digital marketing, content creation, Youtube Marketing , Election Campaigns and Social media marketing has made it possible to cross a turnover of over 2 million for this Digital Entrepreneur, his business empire in 2020.
By thebusinessly5 years ago in Journal
