Number One Goal For 2009!

My number one goal for 2009 is to keep in touch with as many family members, friends and as many clients as possible. What prompted this idea? This morning I was doing what most people do in a new year, purging old files from my database. I came across a person that I hadn't spoken to in a while, Mr. Virgil Starks. He was the Associate Athletic Director at the University of Auburn. I never met Virgil in person but I reached out to him via phone about 9 years after my college graduation. I was impressed with his resume and I wanted to model my success after his. We ended speaking a few times a month. With so much happening we didn't talk much in 2008. Long story short, I googled Virgil to make sure that he still worked there at Auburn. I did that so I wouldn't make a fool out of myself because this is the time of year that athletic departments fire people, lol.

My gut feeling was right, he doesn't work there anymore. He died November 9, 2008 of cardiac arrest six days following his birthday. Virgil Starks was 46 years old.

Keep in contact with your network! That's my number one goal in 2009.

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GECWA said…

Hits hard everytime...no more shoulda, woulda, coulda!

January 10, 2009 at 3:46 PM

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