Client visit

We had foreign client visitors in the office two weeks ago and it was a great learning experience for me. This is mainly because I've never had to directly interact with a foreign client since that week. The past work I was doing with Wideout was that I was fixing up logistics for their stay, but now I was actually participating and giving input into things that greatly impact the business.

I had a very high game that week. I was getting myself in meetings and speaking up when I had some ideas. The data I studied came up once in a while although they were a bit raw. I was kind of disappointed with myself for not polishing it enough but I thought they served as a good starting point so that's okay.

Aside from the work, there were the perks and in our case were awesome meals. We had to bring these people to good places to eat and I was there for the ride. I think I was invited to those meals because my office mates thought I was a social kind of guy. Or maybe everyone else was not as social as me. I'm not a social guy so that's pretty sad.

I was amazed with myself because of how I held myself. I admit I was scared and intimidated at first but after a while I adapted pretty well. The clients were positive and open to ideas which helped me open up as well. After a while of listening to them and studying their personalities, it got easier to speak up and drop lines. Clients are people too, and each one has their own quirks.

The biggest thing I learned though was that you shouldn't be afraid to step up. Most people see their work as just a means to earn money. They give reasons saying it's not their passion. I read somewhere that passion is not simply something that you like doing. Passion is something you make happen and feel for something bigger than yourself.

And when you do awesome work with that passion, that just feels good.