Back in New York
Trip Start
Aug 04, 2008
1
90
Trip End
Ongoing
New York City, New York
Saturday, March 14, 2009
So 2 things have struck me already. First, Americans want things just the way they want them. The details and complexity associated with consumption here are staggering. It seems the goal is to perfect your environment and your possessions, and from this carefully constructed cocoon, happiness can't help but emerge. Second, a lot of people here speak Spanish! Like, every person who works in McDonald's, and the speak it to each other, and none of their customers know what they're saying. And that's in Connecticut! Times are changing my friends, and you might consider taking some Spanish classes yourselves.
But now it's off to find work and housing in the big city, and explaining to potential landlords why a single, unemployed mid-40's bike bum is somebody they really need to have in their building. Oh, I forgot, I'm a Fortune 500 management consultant with 15 years of experience.... I'm waiting for someone to ask me, "What are the three most amazing things that happened to you on your trip?" but I don't know if the whole thing is quite ready to be reduced to a Power point deck yet. But wait -
Mission & Goals
Resources & Time frame
The Trip: Highlights by Country
Recap: Key Themes
Implications and Next Steps
Aaah yess, I remember now, pick a good font, some relevant quotes, it's all so easy, so ready to be packaged, and I'm just the guy to do it, give me a mission statement and a data set and set me loose. A traveler's competency model!
Watch out, baby, I'm back!
