While doing some clean up at home a few weeks ago I came across a schedule from when I used to work at one of the major tourist attractions in Vancouver. Looking through it I saw the names of the people and their faces were recalled by my brain. Memories of my now former colleagues came quickly to mind, with more memories as I write this.
It's interesting to think about the influences we had on each other, both positive and negative. Was I the best person to work with? I tried to be but being human I know that I probably failed many times and hopefully sometimes I was the best person to work with. We all influence the people around us whether we know them or not. We can all be a positive or negative influence on others.
Here's an example that happened yesterday, as I write this.
On of my computers decided to not respond to anything that I did. The previous day it had run low on battery and needed to recharge. That evening I plugged it in to have it recharge overnight. The next day it seemed it wouldn't turn on. It had become a 'brick.' It sat on my desk like it was holding it down so any wind wouldn't blow my desk away. I took it to the Canada Computers store close to where I live and they figured out what had happened and got the laptop working again. Those two men had a very positive influence on me. Their customer service reinforced a reasons to use that retail location to get more computer related stuff in the future.
We all influence each other every day. Let's try and be encouraging in that influence.
I know this is way different then my photography related blog posts but I just wanted to share this.
