This week we didn't have recognitions the way we normally do, because of the time spent reflecting on and discussing Andrew and his recent death. However, they did take a moment to recognize me and Dhimithraq (pronounced Dmitri) and the people who won flowers for having their best week in strong units and meeting the minimum units sold.
I was recognized because I had my best week in the three major categories by which they measure our performance -- Customers, Sit-downs, and Strong units. This meant a lot to me not because of the recognition, which was quite akward after hearing about Andrew's death, but because Peter Martinello gave a speech. The gist of the speech was that not everyone who comes to Southwestern has a natural selling ability. In fact, some of us are the exact opposite -- referring to me. However, sometimes these people quit and go home or decide to just be negative the whole time. Peter and Mike wanted to recognize me though because I am not gifted at this and I am still working hard at it. I am one of the worst people in the org at selling books, but I am continuing to get better and I continue to push myself and work harder and harder. I appreciated having that be recognized even though it was used eventually as a segway into a lecture about how our org's week was better than last week in terms of money and units, but sliding in terms of work stats. Every first year had fallen in some category except Dhimitraq and I.
So, that is positive and motivational. There's really no reason that I can't repeat the growth next week too. I am looking forward to it, actually.
Posted by David at June 13, 2004 08:44 PM