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Good morning Kevin,

Do you know what he is up to right now? I wonder how you helped to mold his life? I had a number of summer students at work and one girl I remember was a had nut to crack. Nothing was ever her fault, she was rude even insolent at times. I remember writing up a 5 page list of things she needed to improve on and having a talk with her and telling her she had a week to show significant improvement. She didn't and then quit. Two days after she started her next job she was fired. That Christmas I got an email from her and she told me that she'd thought a lot about the things I'd told her. She quit going to bars and parties, focused on her school work and when she graduated got a job with Alberta Agriculture, subsequently married a good man and started a family. We don't get through at the time it seems but with luck we can still impact someones life down the road! As I had some of the best mentors in my professional career I hope that I can also play that role for as many others that I encounter in my life. How wonderful is the knowledge that we can make a difference???

Good on you for making the effort to help someone out. That mug would be a sweet reminder for how you changed a life................

Cheers,

Garry

<blockquote data-quote="VelocityYellowRules!" data-source="post: 131798" data-attributes="member: 1318">Good morning Kevin,Do you know what he is up to right now?&nbsp; I wonder how you helped to mold his life?&nbsp; I had a number of summer students at work and one girl I remember was a had nut to crack.&nbsp; Nothing was ever her fault, she was rude even insolent at times.&nbsp; I remember writing up a 5 page list of things she needed to improve on and having a talk with her and telling her she had a week to show significant improvement.&nbsp; She didn&#039;t and then quit.&nbsp; Two days after she started her next job she was fired.&nbsp; That Christmas I got an email from her and she told me that she&#039;d thought a lot about the things I&#039;d told her.&nbsp; She quit going to bars and parties, focused on her school work and when she graduated got a job with Alberta Agriculture, subsequently married a good man and started a family.&nbsp; We don&#039;t get through at the time it seems but with luck we can still impact someones life down the road!&nbsp; As I had some of the best mentors in my&nbsp; professional career I hope that I can also play that role for as many others that I encounter in my life.&nbsp; How wonderful is the knowledge that we can make a difference???Good on you for making the effort to help someone out.&nbsp; That mug would be a sweet reminder for how you changed a life................Cheers,Garry</blockquote>

[QUOTE="VelocityYellowRules!, post: 131798, member: 1318"] Good morning Kevin, Do you know what he is up to right now? I wonder how you helped to mold his life? I had a number of summer students at work and one girl I remember was a had nut to crack. Nothing was ever her fault, she was rude even insolent at times. I remember writing up a 5 page list of things she needed to improve on and having a talk with her and telling her she had a week to show significant improvement. She didn't and then quit. Two days after she started her next job she was fired. That Christmas I got an email from her and she told me that she'd thought a lot about the things I'd told her. She quit going to bars and parties, focused on her school work and when she graduated got a job with Alberta Agriculture, subsequently married a good man and started a family. We don't get through at the time it seems but with luck we can still impact someones life down the road! As I had some of the best mentors in my professional career I hope that I can also play that role for as many others that I encounter in my life. How wonderful is the knowledge that we can make a difference??? Good on you for making the effort to help someone out. That mug would be a sweet reminder for how you changed a life................ Cheers, Garry [/QUOTE]

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