Good morning everyone, how was your week? Hope everyone learned something new and feels good about their contribution at home and at work. You have my sincere thanks for deciding to click on this blog post!
Do me a favor, stop and think about the most beautiful place you have ever laid eyes on. I’ve been extremely fortunate to travel to some nice places in my life. Places like Sleeping Bear Dunes National Park in Northern Michigan, hiking the rain forest in Hawaii, views of the Golden Gate Bridge with the San Francisco skyline in the background and gorgeous Lake Tahoe in the mountains.
I’ve also seen the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame Cathedral, rode the London Eye, strolled the streets of Savannah Georgia, drove thru the desert from San Diego to Las Vegas, visited the amazing wineries in Napa, stood amazed at the view from the top of the World Trade Center and swam in the crystal clear waters of the Caribbean.
But I have never seen something so beautiful as Lake Geneva and the Swiss Alps where I was lucky enough to spend the past week. I hope you enjoy the pictures.
Here is what this beautiful mountain and lake scene looks like in the rain
This is the actual view from the Salesforce.com office in Switzerland (notice the white caps in the background)
European city have so much character with their cobble stone store and cafe lined streets
Since I started this blog to advocate for social media I thought I would just close with how social ties into these incredible photos.
First, without choosing a career in social media this trip to Switzerland would have never been possible.
Second, it has taken a lot of hard work in some not so amazing places to earn the spectacular views of the Swiss Alps. Places like my dark basement office at 6am trying to read and study how I can help my clients execute better in social. Places like late night conference rooms with no windows and cold pizza fine tuning important presentations with my colleagues. And last but not least dealing with the crazy airports, delays, cancelled flights and lack of sleep as the necessity of a life on the road on my social media journey takes its toll.
I hope all of you who have a career in social media or contemplating starting one realize the phenomenal opportunity we all have to make a difference. It can be challenging and requires lots of hard work to make it to the mountain top, but as you can see the views are second to none up there.
Can’t wait to see where social media will take me next! Where is social taking you?
Chad - Rappin' On Social Customer Service 