It Takes a Community ... Part 5 Customers
During my selling career in fluid power, I have been blessed with many great customers who have very much helped me in my career. There are hundreds, but I would like to mention a few in this post as the people who had the biggest impact on me. Early in my career, I had the honor of meeting and working with the late Lynne Parry of Apple Rubber Products in Lancaster, NY. Lynne detected some shyness on my part in our first meeting and she promptly told me "Come on, let's go to lunch and talk." She took a personal interest in my career and wanted to share some of her enthusiasm and give me some ideas on how to be more open and engaging. Lynne was known throughout the sealing industry as a passionate, engaging, professional, and all around wonderful person. She was very customer oriented and actually taught people how to run trade show booths. We became great friends and in fact, Lynne invited me to her home for dinner with her and her husband several times. ...