Training Day 3: It's a Wrap!
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canyonwalkerChicago Trip Log #6
Downtown Chicago - Thu, 13 Aug 2025, 4pm
This installment of sales training is a wrap! We finished Day 3 a bit early, around 3:30pm. It was both an easy day and a hard day. ...Easy, because there were only 8 of us involved in for Day 3 (versus 40-ish for Days 1-2) and our manager kept it casual. But also hard because we made the whole day about interactive group activities. There was no time to tune out by reading news on a smart phone or blanking out during a dull session.
And we pushed each other hard during our collaborative activities. Yesterday I'd introduced people to the warrior saying, used by famous generals from ancient Greece to the likes of Norman Schwarzkopf, "We sweat in training so we don't bleed in battle." Well, today my boss giddily repeated that phrase when my colleagues balked at how hard he was pushing them.
Most of the 8 of us are now downstairs at the hotel's bar enjoying one for the road. I'll leave momentarily for the airport. Even though my flight's not 'til almost 8pm I'd frankly rather not hang around a hotel bar— especially one where beers on tap are $15! I'd rather find a quiet spot at the airport and cool my heels there. Then, it doesn't matter if something goes crazy wrong with traffic. I'll be less than 5 minutes from my gate.
Downtown Chicago - Thu, 13 Aug 2025, 4pm
This installment of sales training is a wrap! We finished Day 3 a bit early, around 3:30pm. It was both an easy day and a hard day. ...Easy, because there were only 8 of us involved in for Day 3 (versus 40-ish for Days 1-2) and our manager kept it casual. But also hard because we made the whole day about interactive group activities. There was no time to tune out by reading news on a smart phone or blanking out during a dull session.
And we pushed each other hard during our collaborative activities. Yesterday I'd introduced people to the warrior saying, used by famous generals from ancient Greece to the likes of Norman Schwarzkopf, "We sweat in training so we don't bleed in battle." Well, today my boss giddily repeated that phrase when my colleagues balked at how hard he was pushing them.
Most of the 8 of us are now downstairs at the hotel's bar enjoying one for the road. I'll leave momentarily for the airport. Even though my flight's not 'til almost 8pm I'd frankly rather not hang around a hotel bar— especially one where beers on tap are $15! I'd rather find a quiet spot at the airport and cool my heels there. Then, it doesn't matter if something goes crazy wrong with traffic. I'll be less than 5 minutes from my gate.
