Are You In Need of Inspiration?

Are You In Need of Inspiration?

 

What inspires you?  Perhaps for you, it’s architecture, nature, or maybe other people.  This past month I had the honor of having a new NSA member approach me and tell me that I inspired them… Me!  Can you believe it?  My immediate question back to them was “In what ways?”  (Darn that coaching background!  I couldn’t just accept the compliment.) They told me that I inspired them because I am always positive, upbeat and that they just enjoyed hearing my story and being around me (Again, I had to ask myself if they were really talking about me?)

 

I tell this story not to brag, although it is pretty cool huh?  Instead, I tell it because inspiration is all around us at NSA!  Let’s face the facts… This can be a pretty lonely business existence. The majority of us are solopreneurs where we work by ourselves, for ourselves.   Furthermore, telling your story can bring you to areas of the country that you never imagined (Can you tell me what I was doing in Fargo, North Dakota in December?) and stay in hotels that boggle the hospitality mentality (The front desk was appreciative that I actually took the time to bring them the 1970’s pair of Hush Puppy shoes that were under the bed!) Something has got to keep you going, and that something for me is our members. 

 

So if you’re like me and find inspiration in other people, odds are that there is an NSA member that has a story to tell that will inspire you.  Whether it’s talking to someone that’s climbed to the top of Mount Everest (There is an NSA Sammy Speaker-Palooza Membership Desk setup at base camp!) or someone who works in the poorest parts of Washington DC)  This month I followed-up with a guy that inspires me.  His name is Omekongo Dibinga, and I met him in Orlando at the NSA Winter Meeting (Check him out at www.omekongo.com).  He’s not a CPAE, nor does he have the CSP designation.  But what he does have is vision.  Here’s why this guy’s vision inspires me… When I first met him, he said that “My sole purpose is to change the world!”  This set the tone and raised the bar for me throughout the entire meeting.  I was, and still am inspired by him (Again, this guy’s sole purpose is to CHANGE THE WORLD!) 

 

So what inspires you?  The odds are that there is someone you could reach out to that is an NSA member.  Because you’re a member, you have access to such inspiration right at your fingertips.  I encourage you to go to the web, find that person and reach out today!  Inspiration is closer than you think…

 

From the NSA NTX Membership Desk,

 

 

Sam Palazzolo, MBA, CPLP

Pathos Leadership Group

www.PathosLeadershipGroup.com