Business Lessons From My Cat
I really couldn’t believe it. I was standing there in my living room having a conversation with a friend of mine. Meanwhile, as I was looking straight in her direction talking, my cat, Klinger, was fixing his eyes on me as he was propped upright, with his front paws on my sofa arm. I’d say I was about 3 feet from the sofa. Suddenly, without warning, (and certainly with no prior anticipation on my part), Klinger leaped directly in the air towards my left shoulder. I couldn’t believe his nerve and bravery. Now, I’d seem him in this pose before. He’s a lover not a fighter, and he tries to entice me to pick him up by propping himself up like that on the couch. But he has never, ever been so bold as to leap straight for me right into the air from that or any distance. He had no idea if he’d make it or not. Afterall, he’d never done it before.
Klinger thinks he can stowaway in my suitcase
We both survived the moment, even though the big guy’s got claws and I’m sure he would have used them in an attempt to hang on had he miss-judged the distance. But after my friend and I had a good laugh about how ridiculous he looked going for it, I started thinking about it a little deeper. He just taught me something important about life and my business.