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01/03/2011 Authored by: Todd Knapp
Baby New Year
January – The year is born. It’s cute. Harmless. Unassuming. Full of possibility. Smells funny, but hey, no one’s perfect.
February – The year is getting its balance. It learns to walk. Still figuring stuff out, but starting to make a little sense. Sales goals seem attainable and the year has its whole life ahead of it.
March – The year is in full swing now. It’s running around the room and randomly punching people in the pants. The occasional pants punch sucks, but they are just business obstacles and you can deal with it.
April – The year has “found” itself and you now have a clear direction. The year knows what it wants to be when it grows up. A fiscal quarter is over, and you wonder where the time went. However, you have learned from Q1 and optimism abounds.
May – The year is on its own now. You’ve given it direction, and tried to teach it right from wrong. It’s doing really well and you are proud.
June – You walk to the kitchen to get some coffee and ponder all the great things the year is bringing. You open the fridge and SURPRISE, out jumps the year and punches you in the pants again (it hasn’t done that for awhile). It apologizes, and after all, it’s so cute… how can you stay mad.
July – Q2 is over. The year’s report card is great so far! While other companies’ years were out doing drugs, yours was in its room doing its homework. Things couldn’t be better.
August – The year has become lethargic. Where did July go? Everyone’s on vacation, deals are slow to close, and August seems to drag on forever.
September – The year is all grown up. Everyone knows their jobs, and everyone is working hard. Things are moving along really well. You are making money.
October – Q3 reflected the maturity of the year. However, now the year has a late mid-life crisis and starts going crazy trying to do way more than it should. Everyone is working like a deamon and it’s still not enough. Oh well, at least our little year isn’t a lazy n’ere-do-well like some other companies’ years we know.
November – The year is old, but it is crazy busy and has a bizarre sense of humor… think: Betty White on Crack. Everyone is getting tired, and the holidays are in the way. No problem, the year mows them down like crabgrass under a John Deere tractor. Why did we like this year so much again?
December – Old and tired, the year clings to life like a kitten on a “hang in there poster”. “JUST DIE ALREADY” plays on repeat in everyone’s mind. Still, the year is producing. It’s making money like crazy. It’s also written a bucket list and there is an intense need to check everything off before the year expires.
December 30th – Old, tired, and grey, the year lays on its bed in the nursing home. The bucket list is done and the year beckons you to the bedside with a slight wave of a wrinkled and emaciated finger. You lean in, but you can’t hear. You move in closer. BAM! Right in the pants….. really?
December 31st (11:59pm) – You get a last minute call from the hospital. It’s the delivery room in maternity… they tell you to pack a bag and get there quick.
Comments
Extremely helpful atirlce, please write more.
Posted by Delly on 01/02 at 10:38 AM