To date, my blog on the Good with the Bad has sparked more comments, emails, and tweets than any of my blogs thus far. The majority of the response is from people asking me two main questions: 1. Who were the speakers? 2. Who was the promoter? So I thought I’d take a few moments to address these.
You’ve missed the point!!!
The message was about the importance of honoring your commitments, that’s all. The names of the speakers and the promoter is just gossip. I can say that the promoters are great people, highly ethical, and there were a number of circumstances, many out of their control that ended up with the poor attendance. Their promise of an audience of 300 were the result of over 400 + people signing up for the event. If they were to ask me back, I would agree. My experience of them as a company has been great and I don’t want anyone to think that they were bad. They just had a bad event. It happens to the best of us. In fact, on the last day, when 2 of the speakers decided not to show and he was left with a half day of no content, the promoter volunteered to stick around and personally answer questions for the participants until the end of the day. The promoter honored his commitments even when everyone around him wasn’t. I admire him for that.
I’ve said before, it’s who you are in the face of adversity that determines if that adversity will turn into an opportunity. Who are you currently being during your times of adversity?
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