I was an IT exec and some IBM guys were pitching poop. So, I took their techie to lunch and explained from my pov what they should be trying to do. The guy went back to his salesman, and gave him “his” spin on it. Sales guy was skeptical. But, he mentioned it. My boss’s boss jumped on it. They made the sale; the techie guy was feted for his “insight”.
A decade later I was “out” looking to get “in” and who do I run into. The techie. I tell him I was looking.
Shazzam.
I was hired about two weeks later. Talk about “chicken coming home to roost”.
He told me on my first day that he was always impressed with how I related to people who couldn’t help me. I never realized I was doing anything special. I was just trying to help.
“It does come around full circle.”
Reinke Faces Life 