This past Thursday, my sister Stephanie Andersen came to visit Mum and I from Florida. We went out for Father’s Day brunch today at the Bloor Diner in Toronto — albeit without my late father who died on November 06, 2004.
Around 1969 Dad sold the family business that his grandfather had started several decades earlier. And at the age of 50 Dad began to sell commercial real estate.
He won numerous awards year after year as top salesman in his company. How? He told me his “secret” — he sold without selling.
The young salespeople in the company always tried to make a quick sale. I didn’t. I spent a lot of time with the clients to assess what their needs were.
It sounded very Shambhalian to me.
Mum and my sister and I clincked glasses in a toast of gratitude to Dad.
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June 28th, 2011 at 21:19
I am so happy that you told us that story! I never got to hear things like that from Dad, but always adored him.
A year and a half before his death, we were doing our after-dinner walk in Naples, the only time we got to talk alone, and he told me that his quality of life was pretty much gone, and he was ready to die. I cried and told him how much I always loved him. After that, my next visits, 6 months later, were really good, because we got to connect without the “content” of conversation, since his memory was gone, but the feelings were magnified.
Now to hear your story from his earlier days, is so great. Dad was very important to the happiness of my childhood, and I love hearing of his wisdom in other aspects of his life.
thanks and love Steph