Sixty thousand dollars to spend by Friday. Brad wants a three-day resort. Sarah wants a gift basket on every desk, ointment included. The agents would take credits.
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It's budget flush day. 60,000 spent by Friday or it's gone. So I asked my agent for a summary, 41 slides and a recommendation. There's an item on there that's gonna change people's lives. I've got $60,000 left that I have to spend before the quarter closes.
Convince me what to do with it. Before we get to numbers, can we talk about people for a second? Here he goes again. Goes again with what? Sarah means bullshitting.
Look at us. Everyone's burned out, working nonstop. You want a team that gives more? Then you have to let it stop for a minute. Three days, a resort, a pool, good food, no email, no phones.
Three days? People remember how you made them feel. We could do a fun off-site, or we could do something that actually reaches everyone, not just the people who can disappear for three days, a basket on every desk. I'm proposing we spend it on the whole team. I built a list with her.
20 items. Comes in under budget. What's in them? Item 14 is Aquaron Healing Ointment, the 14 ounce jar, not the tube. It's a very good ointment.
For everyone? For everyone. And that ointment is just a killer for paper cuts. So, Brad, when would this be? Week after close, Thursday through Saturday.
Most of the team is already clear, and Brad's wife is working from home that week. You're taking the entire company to a resort to get away from your house? I'm not getting away. I'm creating healthy distance. So one of you wants to get away from his wife, and one of you wants the entire company on her ointment.
Is there anyone in this company who actually wants the money for the company? Not really, but we could always use more credits. Then credit it is.
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