Friday, September 08, 2006

People Helping People

I had an experience last night that still has me energized this morning. I helped a gal in the Dale Carnegie class I'm coaching. We stepped in the hall because she wanted to practice her talk before going in front of the class.

She started crying, worried she didn't have any accomplishments to share--that she didn't have any fancy certificates or diplomas to use as her prop for the talk.

"All I have is a picture of me and my two daughters," she confided. I counseled her as best I could and told her being a mom is the greatest accomplishment of all and a tough one at that.

I felt like a proud parent when she won the breakthrough award for the evening. These are the moments that truly make it worthwhile.

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