I had the opportunity to reminisce with old friends yesterday: they are former Mirage colleagues, and it was the first time we’d seen each other in many years.
· We picked up
· Where we’d left off
· All those many years ago.
· It was like no time had passed at all.
· That’s the definition of true friendship.
We met when working on The Mirage opening together: we were together for a dozen years there and through the opening of Bellagio, and then circumstances sent us on our separate ways. Those experiences formed a bond of friendship that was immediately evident as we recalled the things we had done together. A common theme in our reverie was how much Bobby Baldwin influenced our careers. As the President of the Mirage (and later Bellagio), he provided a steady and supportive role in developing us. He treated people with respect; if you won his trust, he supported you unconditionally until you did something egregious to lose that trust, he listened to our ideas and worked with us to make certain they were sound, and he never went back on his word. We appreciated him then and would walk through fire for him again. Leaders like that are precious and should never be taken for granted. Remember what your best leaders taught you and apply those things to your efforts today.
Hilary Hinton “Zig” Ziglar (1926 – 2012): American author, salesman, and motivational speaker.
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