We met Michael Jack today. His demeanor reminded me of Brian Monroe. He achieved sooooo much, but you would never know because he's so cool and personable and relatable and humble, yet, a go-getter! I thoroughly enjoyed meeting him. He also reminded me of my president Dr. Carlton Brown of Clark Atlanta University. And I would be remiss to say that he doesn't give me a little President Obama too! He was just so cool.
When I meet successful/well established/polished people, I'm always curious to see what about them makes them stand out. I'm always curious to see what about them makes me remember them. It never fails, they always do some 1 thing to stand out. He came in the room and brought 12 manila folders where he asked us to write our names on them. Now, that may sound like a small gesture, but to me, it said that he's not only self aware being that he can't remember names that well, but he's also a caring individual who cares enough to not only speak to us, but want's to know our names. That said a lot to me.
I asked him about internal competition. I'm the kind of person who believes in friendly competition because it's motivating. I compete with my friends sometimes (they don't know it of course, lol), but they motivate me to keep moving if there's a lull in my journey of success. But many times, I find myself surrounded by individuals who are competing against me with spiteful intentions and that saddens me because many times, it's people who I thought I was close to. So it took him a hard time to answer that question, I guess because it's an on going thing for him as well. Whatever the reason, I'm glad I asked because it's been laying on my heart for a very long time.
Later on in the day, Lauren and I continued our search for the Tom Joyner Morning Show's next contestant! We were able to land former American Idol and The Voice contestant Frenchie Davis! I tell you, Facebook is some type of creation.
The end of the day was a sad one I must say. Whether expected or not, I will never say, but it didn't end how I would have liked it to. Farewell, my good friend.
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