I have a workout strategy before each officially timed running event (you can't be surprised!).
The tactic is to walk the anticipated time that the race will last...in this case 2 hours for the half-marathon...8 miles.
So this gloriously beautiful Saturday morning, I began a 4 mph (again, my strategy and tactic!) walk in a business area that has a network of sidewalks.
I was getting into the music on my I-Pod... Old school... Gap Band, Wild Cherry, the Bee
Gees (hey, the post folk singing Gibb brothers are funky!)...lets just say I have a very eclectic mix!
At one point, "Boogie Nights" from Heatwave came on and I was jamming and hitting the air drums. I lifted one hand high in the air to hit the" crash cymbal" and it must have looked like I waved to a passing car...
How do I know?
The woman smiled and enthusiastically waved back!
Sure... she might have been waving at the strikingly handsome man in a somewhat tight Under Amour shirt with shades...
I couldn't be sure.
So guess what I did?
I waved at the next car...a young man on the phone... guess what he did?
He waved back too!
You know me...for the next hour, I randomly waved at over 100 cars!
Since that is a statistically relevant group here are my results;
More than 90% waved back... most smiling... some honking...a "cowabunga" and "Freebird" hand signal... and yes...
2 One-Finger Salutes! (Hey, I must have looked crazy... I didn't take it personally!)
It confirmed something about people... we all love a good "hello". It is the ultimate icebreaker, the deal maker...utilized by movers and shakers!
"Hello" is how a painfully shy Brandon met a strikingly beautiful Natalie while "strategically" tying his shoe in front of her 3rd period class.
With the success of my "waving" experiment, I have one for you tomorrow...
Call 10 of your clients and just let them know you were calling to say "Hello"...
Some will be surprised (but happy!) some will say "we were just talking about you the other day", and some will have to be reminded who you are.
Matters not...10 people
My guess for your results?
Just like my legions of new fans on Hudson Bridge Road in McDonough, GA...and Tom Cruise in Jerry Maguire...
YOU WILL HAVE THEM AT HELLO!
Until tomorrow, I wish you Money, Power, Success!
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