The Barn at the vineyard.
Enjoying the last gasp of summer
I let life take over the past few weeks. We had a wedding to attend in wine country one weekend, and we had family camp the next.
The marriage was some dear friends, a younger couple, who are just devoted to each other and delightful to watch grow together.
The wedding was a production.
It was a year in the planning, took a team to plan and pull it off, involved family, friends and a cadre of vendors. it was expensive, but not "that" expensive - but still, my practical self wonders if the money wouldn't have been better used for a down payment on a house. It was a production.
It was lovely. The bride was radiant and the groom smiled so hard all night long his cheeks hurt.
When I attend events, my inner project manager is always watching. It just happens. I honestly can't help myself... even when I really want to!
What this wedding brought to the forefront is that despite a team, despite all the professional assistance and planning and best intentions - something ALWAYS goes off plan.
My friends and all warned the happy couple (and their parents) to just be prepared for something to not go exactly right and trust that it's still going to be perfect.
Something always goes off plan... in this case, I'd have to say it was the buses.
They had buses for guests as the winery was out of town, on a curvy road the the couple really wanted to party late into the night. The venue didn't want the liability of 100 people driving drunk down that crazy road, thus, buses.
So for this hot summer night, the busses really didn't run on schedule. The early bus was late, the middle bus didn't happen at all and then everyone ended up on the late buses.
At the end of the weekend, it just really didn't matter. Everyone had a great night, the couple was toasted and celebrated and danced deep into the night, surrounded by people who love them.
Will they tell the tale of the buses? Probably. Does it matter? Not a single bit.
So why was this a lesson in business? Because so often we plan and plan and plan and then execute and EXPECT it to be perfect and when it isn't the whole thing becomes a failure.
IT'S NOT TRUE.
It's so important to remember to look at the bigger picture. What's the win? What did you learn?
Remember the joyous moments and the good stuff before you beat yourself up about the one thing that simply had to go wrong in order for your project / launch/ event to be absolutely imperfectly perfect!
And eat the cake...
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Jenell
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