Today was setup day for our annual trade show. It is always a bit nerve wracking, but being our fourth year of pulling this show together, we had experience on our side. The tweaks made over last year’s show made setup this year come together more smoothly than ever. And, to top it off, this year’s team was the best rounded yet and the required work came together quickly and easily.
Yet, as always, there were a few bumps and bruises along the way. (Of course, right?) Today’s moment is about averting a challenging situation for a vendor. It wasn’t easy, it took some hoop jumping (okay, quite a bit), but it was accomplished none-the-less. The levels of appreciation, the feeling of accomplishment, the deepening of a business relationship…that’s what it’s all about right?
Moments working hard and feeling a sense of accomplishment.
Moments where the simple act of a sign, makes another’s day.
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Monday, June 17, 2013
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Moments D169: Compliments
Today was volleyball day. It’s quite the car ride to get there, but I swear, the level of competition is well worth the 1.5 hour drive in rush hour traffic. (Besides, it’s really the only time I am ever in traffic and I get a chance to either call and chat with my friends (via Bluetooth of course) or simply sit back and sing along to some great tunes. (like Rob Zombie’s Dragula which came on tonight - the louder the better!!)
But today’s moment isn’t about the music (even though I do really love those moments of great music and singing along). Today’s moment is about a team that wasn’t playing so well together, nor were the majority of the players playing very well as individuals.
We lost our first two games and badly at that. From my perspective, I played well. Two solid blocks, a stream of serves and a few hard hits. We rallied ourselves for the second match (a set of best of 3 games) working a cheer in before we started our game. It seemed to work. We WON…and yet the team still felt flat. As we went to shake hands, I decided enough was enough! We were going to “high five”! We WON after all! There was laughter and smiles and the next thing you know we’re riding better energy in the 2nd game to an easy win.
I find it pretty incredible how energy affects us. It’s tangible.
My biggest moment of the day was when the convener and our team captain called out to me after the game while we were getting ourselves dressed for the cold outdoors. She said “Thanks, you saved our butts tonight. You played really well.”
Sweet. I’m the newbie. It’s nice to feel more a part of the team and of course I was so happy to hear that my efforts were appreciated. And hey, I certainly had a ton of fun too, so it’s a win-win.
Moments with teams.
Moments to dig deep and find positive energy.
But today’s moment isn’t about the music (even though I do really love those moments of great music and singing along). Today’s moment is about a team that wasn’t playing so well together, nor were the majority of the players playing very well as individuals.
We lost our first two games and badly at that. From my perspective, I played well. Two solid blocks, a stream of serves and a few hard hits. We rallied ourselves for the second match (a set of best of 3 games) working a cheer in before we started our game. It seemed to work. We WON…and yet the team still felt flat. As we went to shake hands, I decided enough was enough! We were going to “high five”! We WON after all! There was laughter and smiles and the next thing you know we’re riding better energy in the 2nd game to an easy win.
I find it pretty incredible how energy affects us. It’s tangible.
My biggest moment of the day was when the convener and our team captain called out to me after the game while we were getting ourselves dressed for the cold outdoors. She said “Thanks, you saved our butts tonight. You played really well.”
Sweet. I’m the newbie. It’s nice to feel more a part of the team and of course I was so happy to hear that my efforts were appreciated. And hey, I certainly had a ton of fun too, so it’s a win-win.
Moments with teams.
Moments to dig deep and find positive energy.
Sunday, July 8, 2012
Moments D74; Blocking
This weekend is all about volleyball. Well, okay, maybe that isn’t entirely true, after all it’s also about my teammates and enjoying the outdoors. But primarily the focus is enjoying some great beach volleyball.
Today was the start of our 6’s Intermediate tournament. It started off a bit dreary (a bit of drama and a storm passing through) and our day was delayed by nearly 3 hours. Still that didn’t sully our team spirit.
Once the clouds departed we were left with a beautiful sunny (albeit it windy) day to play our tournament. It was a fantastic day filled with 12 games filled with many moments and much laughter But today’s moment is one that may be seen as a bit selfish, for it was MY moment and it brought me much joy! And in fact I had two such moments today. I had two big blocks today!
Standing at a mere 5’4” (and a bit) I can barely reach the top of a volleyball net which is set up at 8’. That, dear friends, is just the top of the net. In order to do a block, one needs to get higher than that 8’ mark to be able to your hands in the way of a spike coming over the net. A beach volleyball is ~25” around. All together that means that someone my height would need to a vertical of at least 4 feet (57” in fact) to meet contact with the ball.
I share these details with you only to give enough information to you to understand why, for me, blocking is so challenging and how incredible it is that I managed to “stuff” another player. Now I’m not saying that the net was perfectly set to this height, nor the ball perfectly inflated but it does paint the picture well….
So the best moment - was against a particularly challenging team. They were winning and we were struggling to keep them from collecting points from us. They had many good hitters and we were not doing well with returning them.
As a setter, I’m in the front line a lot and I don’t do a lot of blocking because it is difficult to go up and get back down in time to be set for the pass off of a spike. But I was tired of them hitting hard and us not receiving, so I gave it a shot. I went up for the block and low and behold, I stuffed the 6’ something guy trying to kill the ball over to us. I think we were both shocked! What a glorious moment that was, to know that I had overcome a height restriction and managed to get enough of my hands on his hit to stop it dead. It was pretty amazing.
The second block, was later in the day and it was on the last rally point of the game. THAT is how you end a game. IN YOUR FACE YOU AREN’T GETTING THAT POINT!! Ha!
All in good fun of course.
Moments of shocked amazement.
Moments of pride.
Moments that rally a team.
Today was the start of our 6’s Intermediate tournament. It started off a bit dreary (a bit of drama and a storm passing through) and our day was delayed by nearly 3 hours. Still that didn’t sully our team spirit.
Once the clouds departed we were left with a beautiful sunny (albeit it windy) day to play our tournament. It was a fantastic day filled with 12 games filled with many moments and much laughter But today’s moment is one that may be seen as a bit selfish, for it was MY moment and it brought me much joy! And in fact I had two such moments today. I had two big blocks today!
Standing at a mere 5’4” (and a bit) I can barely reach the top of a volleyball net which is set up at 8’. That, dear friends, is just the top of the net. In order to do a block, one needs to get higher than that 8’ mark to be able to your hands in the way of a spike coming over the net. A beach volleyball is ~25” around. All together that means that someone my height would need to a vertical of at least 4 feet (57” in fact) to meet contact with the ball.
I share these details with you only to give enough information to you to understand why, for me, blocking is so challenging and how incredible it is that I managed to “stuff” another player. Now I’m not saying that the net was perfectly set to this height, nor the ball perfectly inflated but it does paint the picture well….
So the best moment - was against a particularly challenging team. They were winning and we were struggling to keep them from collecting points from us. They had many good hitters and we were not doing well with returning them.
As a setter, I’m in the front line a lot and I don’t do a lot of blocking because it is difficult to go up and get back down in time to be set for the pass off of a spike. But I was tired of them hitting hard and us not receiving, so I gave it a shot. I went up for the block and low and behold, I stuffed the 6’ something guy trying to kill the ball over to us. I think we were both shocked! What a glorious moment that was, to know that I had overcome a height restriction and managed to get enough of my hands on his hit to stop it dead. It was pretty amazing.
The second block, was later in the day and it was on the last rally point of the game. THAT is how you end a game. IN YOUR FACE YOU AREN’T GETTING THAT POINT!! Ha!
All in good fun of course.
Moments of shocked amazement.
Moments of pride.
Moments that rally a team.
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