The 2009 Executive Council for New York Life was held in San Antonio this year. Shanda and I were fortunate to leave the kids behind and have our first vacation sans kids in a very long time.
Shanda enjoyed waking up by "her" clock, while only having the responsibility of having to get herself ready for the day. I enjoyed having uninterrupted time with her while we walked the city and enjoyed the sights.
It was a lot of fun visiting the Alamo and different parts of San Antonio. We did a fair amount of walking through the city. We were also able to spend time with Craig, Ben and Sam at various times in the trip.The meetings were excellent, and I felt like I got a lot of really good ideas to help me expand what I'm doing for and with my clients. It was nice to hear such encouraging things from the guys at the top of the company. As always, New York Life put on an amazing spread and treated the agents with such amazing class.
We bumped into a few friends from around the country. It is always good to renew the acquaintences with these guys and find out what's going on in their worlds. This is one of the parts about Council that I look forward to most, is seeing friend and visiting with them.
We were also able to meet and shake hands with the Council President. Tim has had a big impact on my business and ability to cope with the enormous stress it is to getting started. His "one day at a time" system has really helped me focus on things that are in my control without having to stress about everything that "could" go wrong.
The highlight of the trip was the final evening at La Villita. The entire section of town was designated for New York Life agents and their families. We ate tons of great Southwest food, and yummy desserts. In addition, we got to ride a mechanical bull several times, did some dancing, and enjoyed the live music.
Another highlight was spending time with my brothers with all three of us qualifying for the council. It was fun to get our picture taken together at the honor dinner.On the trip home I started feeling a bit ill. With the swine flu scare I was afraid that's what I may have contracted... though never confirmed it took me about 3 days to get back on my feet and working again.
