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It RAINED RAINED RAINED the evening of July 4th here in Nashville, TN

Yep!

We have not seen significant, long lasting, SOAKING rains for WEEKS here . . .

Sure, we've had plenty of rougue clouds drop 10 minutes of rain with exciting Lightning and Thunder shows . . . but nothing with any duration whatsoever, so we didn't really listen when the weather man said rain was on the way on July 4th.

The custom in my neighborhood is that every July 4th, I spend most of the day preparing our front yard for a celebration for whoever shows up. I set up the outside while Deb and the kids prepare the inside.

We've had as many as 50 people show up . . .

The only rule is that they bring a "side" . . . We cook Burgers, Chicken, and Hot Dogs and provide the drinks.

When the dinner is done and darkness falls, we blow up the neighborhood.

My preparation of the outside is always the same.

Put up my 10'x10' tent/awning to offer a shield from the usual HOT late afternoon sun.

Marinate the meat that I'll be cooking.

Prepare the grill (We cook on Charcoal).

Set up the buffet tables.

Pull out all of the lawn chairs.

Ice in the coolers.

Prep the trimmings for the Burgers.

Stage the fireworks for the big show.

Then we sit in the chairs and watch the neighbors stroll down the street each carrying a side and a lawn chair.

It's always fun!

In all the years we have done this party, we've never experienced significant rain . . .

Until THIS year.

The rain started just after I lit the grill.

I thought it would be a short shower, so I just closed the lid . . .

10 minutes later, I realized that this was a "Soaking rain" that would not be moseying along for a while . . .

So I moved the grill under the awning.

The gaggle of folks who had shown up (Many chose not to come thinking we would not have the party in the rain) Huddled in the small tent around the grill, toasted the day, and generally had a BLAST.

When the food was cooked, we all took our soaked selves inside the house for the feast.

the rain continued . . . and I wondered if we would actually get to blow up the neighborhood.

At the first sign of decrease in rain, I moved the fireworks from inside the house to under the awning . . .

and JUST after darkness fell, the rain STOPPED . . .

For exactly 28 minutes, we blew every firework we had - The show was spectacular.

and then the rain came again.

I'm not certain when it stopped raining that night because we all went to bed early.

Last night, I fired the grill up for "another round" . . . After all, I had a LOT of food left over because of our low attendance on the 4th.

Lo and behold . . . Next thing I knew, there were several neighbors gathering in the front yard . . . and we "finished" our party.

I guess we could have "Postoned" our party on Saturday night "due to rain" . . . but just think of all the emergent stories we would have killed.

The thing is, we were PREPARED and MOTIVATED . . . and there was no amount of rain that was going to kill THAT party.

In your business, what do YOU do when the weather gets rough?

Are you prepared for any kind of weather?

Are you motivated with the attitude that "The Show MUST go ON" regardless of any emergent distractions?

How committed are you to maintain your momentum regardless of the weather?

Don't let ANYTHING stand in the way of your Lead Generation!

Prepare yourself well . . . and don't worry about the weather.

I'm just sayin'

Best,

b

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