JCI World Congress - Midweek Update
An amazing event, again. This event is so valuable... 5,000 young entrepreneurs from around the world coming together to meet, learn and grow... yeah.
It's now 11pm local time and I have mostly recovered from jetlag through sheer force of getting up early every day because we have work to do. Jetlag has been replaced by a wash of utter physical fatigue and near total annoyance with my business partner, a pure soul who is equally annoyed with me.
We've managed to make it through the first three days without wanting to kill each other but things are now beginning to get tense. She is currently doing breathing exercises to get over her annoyance with me in preparation for sleep. I'm writing this to get over my annoyance with her. If and when she reads this she will no doubt comment that the breathing exercises have nothing, in fact, to do with me at all and that I am self-centred, which is likely correct. She is usually correct and always right, which is why I am always annoyed with her.
So far the shoot is going fairly well, with the exception of the rookie JCIte that we're supposed to be following. We recruited a Finnish 22-year old through a Greek staffer on Tuesday (yesterday) morning, but upon a closer questioning discovered that she was highly unwilling to be followed by us, and moreover that she would be skipping most of the important events of the congress. Strike one.
Later that day, on our own, we found Cashya, a charming lady from Abu Dhabi, who proved to be eloquent and willing to be featured, and whose friends find it endlessly amusing that we want to feature her in these promotions. I caught up with her and her friends last night at German Night, where they apparently had 4,000 guests (I have been to parties with 4000 guests and don't believe it; I think it was closer to 1,500, still a respectable number). Anyway, Cashya is leaving tomorrow. Strike 2.
Tomorrow, the debate competition, the best business plan competition, a keynote speaker, a zillion seminars, and the hunt for a valid first-timer continues...
It's now 11pm local time and I have mostly recovered from jetlag through sheer force of getting up early every day because we have work to do. Jetlag has been replaced by a wash of utter physical fatigue and near total annoyance with my business partner, a pure soul who is equally annoyed with me.
We've managed to make it through the first three days without wanting to kill each other but things are now beginning to get tense. She is currently doing breathing exercises to get over her annoyance with me in preparation for sleep. I'm writing this to get over my annoyance with her. If and when she reads this she will no doubt comment that the breathing exercises have nothing, in fact, to do with me at all and that I am self-centred, which is likely correct. She is usually correct and always right, which is why I am always annoyed with her.
So far the shoot is going fairly well, with the exception of the rookie JCIte that we're supposed to be following. We recruited a Finnish 22-year old through a Greek staffer on Tuesday (yesterday) morning, but upon a closer questioning discovered that she was highly unwilling to be followed by us, and moreover that she would be skipping most of the important events of the congress. Strike one.
Later that day, on our own, we found Cashya, a charming lady from Abu Dhabi, who proved to be eloquent and willing to be featured, and whose friends find it endlessly amusing that we want to feature her in these promotions. I caught up with her and her friends last night at German Night, where they apparently had 4,000 guests (I have been to parties with 4000 guests and don't believe it; I think it was closer to 1,500, still a respectable number). Anyway, Cashya is leaving tomorrow. Strike 2.
Tomorrow, the debate competition, the best business plan competition, a keynote speaker, a zillion seminars, and the hunt for a valid first-timer continues...
posted by Jared at 11:34 PM
3 Comments:
Made me laugh. Those breathing exercises- Lynne would be so proud to know that Shelley is using them! Don't kill eachother. You're almost there. I am sending you both love and positivite energy.
Thanks Mel, but Jared is delusional. Those breathing exercises weren't for him! Does he really think he's the last thing I think about before going to bed?! HA! HA! HA!
HA HA HA!!! LOL. Good one Shelley. You two get along now.
xo
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