work really hard together to create and deliver a success-
ful launch.”
“On a scale of 1–10 how ready would you say you are
for this product launch?” Joy asked.
“About 2,” answered George. “We’re disorganized,
unmotivated, and quite frankly a sorry bunch.”
“That’s not good, Dude!” Marty shouted from the back
of the bus.
“No, it’s not good at all,” George answered thinking
that he wished the dude in the back of the bus would just
be quiet.
Joy jumped into the conversation. “No, it’s not good,
George. But that don’t mean it can’t be good. It’s not like
we haven’t faced crises before on my bus.”
She looked at Marty. “Remember your rehab, Marty.
And when Danny had that heart attack. What turned it all
around was your desire and vision to change and the fo-
cus to make it happen. Unfortunately, it takes a crisis for
so many of us to change,” she added. “I don’t know why
but it does. I wish more people wouldn’t wait for every-
thing to fall apart before they start thinking about their life
and what they want. They don’t have to wait, you know.
But sometimes that’s what it takes. Sometimes we have to
see what we don’t want, to know what we do want.”
As she was talking George thought of his mother with
cancer and how she had told him all the changes she
wanted to make when she survived, then he knew ex-
actly what Joy was talking about.
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George Shares His Vision