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Business, Marketing and the "Reset Button"

7/8/2019

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It's just a bad day, not a bad life!
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​It's Marketing Monday and a perfect time for a quick reminder about business, marketing, patience, and remembering the reset button!

​The picture above is my Dad's wallet, or what was left of it. Although he passed away almost four years ago, the wallet sits on my bookshelf and is a constant reminder of the power we have to change directions. Here's the backstory:

Dad's caregiver didn't check his pants when doing a load of wash and put his wallet through a full cycle. I arrived at his place to take him out to lunch, and he was thoroughly aggravated. I got him calmed down with an easy virtually guaranteed solution - a minute in the microwave, and it would be as good as new! Well, you can see the results - it's a perfect example of a time when I over-promised and under-delivered!

But what happened next was the memory-maker...he started laughing, called me an idiot and let me know I was buying lunch! Sitting in the restaurant while waiting for our order, I ran next door to Macy's and bought him a new wallet - the crisis was over and a throwback memory was created that I'd never forget.

And, here's why I love this piece of family history in my office. We make mistakes all the time, but it's keeping a healthy perspective on the seriousness of the crime that allows us to hit the "reset button" and choose a new path. Obviously, some mistakes are tougher to resolve than others, but most of the wrong decisions we make were made with good intentions. When you find you've gone in the wrong direction; stop, hit the reset button, look at your choices, and head off down a new path.

There is no Photoshop fix for the mistakes we make in life. You can't undo a wrong choice with a click of a button, but what you can do is even better and more satisfying. You can try again with new insight and a better understanding of how to accomplish your goal, and if you're wrong still, the reset button is right there.
I haven't failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
​Thomas Edison
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Brian Idocks link
7/8/2019 08:52:37 am

Love this! Just because you start out going a certain direction doesn’t guarantee the destination!

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Cindy Quinn - cmqheadshots link
7/8/2019 02:28:35 pm

Skip;
As always, I find your blog posts heartwarming, funny and informative. I have made tons of mistakes in this business and probably will continue to do so. I find it's hard to know how to fix the split second decision I made and then to figure out how to fix the issue and not look unprofessional. It's always nice to see I am not the only one who makes mistakes sometimes.
Cindy Quinn
CMQ Headshots

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Norma Grieve link
7/9/2019 03:19:09 pm

No microwave meals at your house then!
Not a mistake but am still contemplating your LMDTS blog and the impact such beautiful photography can have on grieving parents.
Additionally, my daughter, and business partner, undertook some family photographs with a gentleman diagnosed with terminal cancer. As I edited the images, I was again deeply moved by the emotional interplay between various family members and how sensitively these can be photographed and, ultimately, how precious these will become.

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