“In the car. In March. She wasn’t even upset, that’s the — she said it like a weather report.”
“You remembered that.”
“Of course I remembered that.”
What I Told Him
“Then start telling me the things you remember before you build a solution around them.”
He nodded.
“That’s actually the whole thing, Ben. That’s all I’ve been saying for a week.”
The Next Morning I Went Out Alone
I toured a shared workspace near the river.
I asked the woman at the desk about the local vendor scene, seasonal demand, what kinds of events people book out there and when.
I got the names of two florists and a caterer.
And while I was standing on the sidewalk outside, a client called about a delivery problem for a corporate event back home, and I solved it in eleven minutes from three thousand miles away.
What I Learned That Morning