Happy Father’s Day! Today we're spotlighting the father-son duo from the South Central Region: Chuck Jahant, Vice President, and William Jahant, Regional Director of Sales.
Chuck shares his experience: "It's been incredibly rewarding to work alongside my son at Alpha, teaching him the ropes and seeing him excel in sales and estimating for our Carolina offices. Holding him to high standards was essential, and it’s fulfilling to see him thrive."
William adds: "Transitioning from seeing my dad just as a parent to also a colleague has been transformative. He's been a role model both personally and professionally, teaching me invaluable skills. I'm grateful for the opportunity Alpha has given me to work with my hero every day."
Wishing a very Happy Father’s Day to all the amazing dads out there!
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Feeling lucky today? 🍀
I used to chalk up all my wins to good fortune, but I'm learning to own my successes (and my not-so-successful moments, too). What if luck is just hard work meeting opportunity? 🤔
My new blog post (written at the fantastic Fido Nashville) is about how I'm reframing my relationship with luck and taking more responsibility for the outcomes in my life.
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And this is why I tell my teams at big fish® not to obsess about winning awards.
People in the creative industry, especially advertising and design, spend way too much of their precious time and money chasing awards and forgetting that the only true validation of success is the success they achieve for the people they serve, support and rely on, and themselves.
I’m sorry if this sounds insensitive, ungrateful, or even hypocritical, as I know a lot of people work very hard and have won awards that they’re super proud of. (Including my team). I’m sorry. I don’t want to belittle or take the shine and warm fuzzy feeling off winning, but let’s just stop and keep things in perspective for a minute..
Let’s remember that…
💰 The majority of awards schemes are setup for one reason only. To make money for the award scheme owners by charging entrants to enter, to go to dinners, to spend marketing budget with them. Even the charitable organisations are built on the same model.
🎣 They’re psychologically designed to create FOMO which drives demand, which drives revenue. It’s like shooting fish in a barrel.
🏆 Most award schemes are judged by industry professionals who have vested interests in self promotion and are often the least best qualified to judge work objectively. The best judges don’t want to be judges or don’t have time because they’re busy making a difference through their work.
⛔️ The majority of work done in the world is never entered into award schemes, so I’m sorry award chasers, but your work is only being compared with those who like to enter awards. It’s not a true representation of industry standards.
Ok, I know I’m being overly provocative. And don’t get me wrong, I am a big fan of public recognition as I think everyone needs mental and physical support in their work to help keep them going, grow awareness and make change happen.
And I’m also a big fan of peer group support and genuine public acknowledgement of capability, overcommitment, selfless acts, achievements, etc.
But let’s just remember that chasing shiny, self fulfilling prophecy, industry awards isn’t why we come to work.
We come to work chasing success for those we serve…
🫡 those who entrust us with their vision
🫡 who put their faith in us
🫡 who back us with their budget
🫡 who say “yes” when others say “no”
🫡 who risk losing for us
🫡 who look to us for help
🫡 who stick with us in the tough times
And those who never get the limelight or the acknowledgment but give their all to us despite a lack of recognition.
The most important award of all, is the daily support and recognition we get from our friends, our family, our colleagues and all those around us who matter most and who know the real story and show up in our hour of need and stick with us through thick and thin.
That’s why I come to work.
Just saying…
What do you think? 🤔
#recognitionmatters#awards
Here to write. If it goes viral, it's not because of me. It's because it's true.
The night Matt Damon won an Oscar, at only 27 years old, he found himself at home reflecting on the award and realising the profound hollowness of the achievement.
In this interview with Graham Norton, he shares:
"Imagine chasing [the Oscar] and not getting it. And getting it finally in your 80s or your 90s, with all of your life behind you and realising what an unbelievable waste of your life... It can't fill you up. If that's a hole that you have, that won't fill it."
It's a valuable lesson that self worth comes from inside. No external validation -be it awards, praise, or the opinions of others - can substitute for the fulfilment that comes from recognising your own inherent value.
Self worth is not dependant on what others think of us. It's determined by what we think of ourselves.
Very interesting perspective on this one.
Not so much the face value wording, but my read on it is the importance of our goals being of the most possible meaning and value that they can be, and the absolute best use of our time. 💫 see link for short video.
Here to write. If it goes viral, it's not because of me. It's because it's true.
The night Matt Damon won an Oscar, at only 27 years old, he found himself at home reflecting on the award and realising the profound hollowness of the achievement.
In this interview with Graham Norton, he shares:
"Imagine chasing [the Oscar] and not getting it. And getting it finally in your 80s or your 90s, with all of your life behind you and realising what an unbelievable waste of your life... It can't fill you up. If that's a hole that you have, that won't fill it."
It's a valuable lesson that self worth comes from inside. No external validation -be it awards, praise, or the opinions of others - can substitute for the fulfilment that comes from recognising your own inherent value.
Self worth is not dependant on what others think of us. It's determined by what we think of ourselves.
Here to write. If it goes viral, it's not because of me. It's because it's true.
The night Matt Damon won an Oscar, at only 27 years old, he found himself at home reflecting on the award and realising the profound hollowness of the achievement.
In this interview with Graham Norton, he shares:
"Imagine chasing [the Oscar] and not getting it. And getting it finally in your 80s or your 90s, with all of your life behind you and realising what an unbelievable waste of your life... It can't fill you up. If that's a hole that you have, that won't fill it."
It's a valuable lesson that self worth comes from inside. No external validation -be it awards, praise, or the opinions of others - can substitute for the fulfilment that comes from recognising your own inherent value.
Self worth is not dependant on what others think of us. It's determined by what we think of ourselves.
In this clip, Matt Damon reflects on the emptiness of winning an Oscar. I have two observations, the first theological or philosophical and the second psychological.
Theologically, I think Damon's comment reflects the fact that we should root our deepest goals in pursuing transcendent moral goods (e.g. love of God and service to humanity and all life), not arbitrary socially constructed markers of success like getting a promotion or, in Damon's case, winning an Oscar.
Psychologically, Damon experienced the depression/disappointment that can often set in after achieving a goal long desired: "Anchoring on a future goal triggers reward centers in the brain, inducing a cognitively soothing effect. That feeling of accomplishment becomes part of your day-to-day identity. You readily adjust to this new state of being so much so that actually attaining a goal turns out to be less satisfying than expected." (PsychCentral Blog)
I experienced this when I passed the oral exam on my PhD in 2002. I thought I'd be overjoyed. Instead, I walked out into the rainy London night and wandered the streets, depressed and forlorn.
So remember, finite future goals can be wonderful motivators, but they should not be our final anchors in life or we will be deeply disappointed, even if we achieve them.
Here to write. If it goes viral, it's not because of me. It's because it's true.
The night Matt Damon won an Oscar, at only 27 years old, he found himself at home reflecting on the award and realising the profound hollowness of the achievement.
In this interview with Graham Norton, he shares:
"Imagine chasing [the Oscar] and not getting it. And getting it finally in your 80s or your 90s, with all of your life behind you and realising what an unbelievable waste of your life... It can't fill you up. If that's a hole that you have, that won't fill it."
It's a valuable lesson that self worth comes from inside. No external validation -be it awards, praise, or the opinions of others - can substitute for the fulfilment that comes from recognising your own inherent value.
Self worth is not dependant on what others think of us. It's determined by what we think of ourselves.
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