In a dream from which I awoke at 5:53 this morning, I had been the CEO of a major firm and in recent times, we had great difficulty shipping a quality product. By the time I became aware of the depth of our problems, a big customer refused to hear my assurances we would resolve the problems and he cancelled his order.
As I received this news, also came the news that our salesperson on this account had committed suicide when he got the news this large order had been cancelled. On paperwork that shipped with the last portion of the order, he had written, "Triste" (Spanish for "Sad") in several places. His death and my concerns for our deeply troubled company awakened me abruptly.
Before getting out of bed, I meditated for 10 minutes, deep breathing the entire time.
What this dream did is return me to the toughest days of Capital Associates in 1990-91, in which I was the CEO. Ultimately, we saved the company but periodically over the years, I have had traumatic dreams such as this one.
Dick
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