I Regret Nothing from Echo

I apologize in advance that many of my posts over the next few days will be about my time with Echo. It was a huge part of my life and I poured everything I had into it. For the last seven months of my life almost all of my attention and passion was directed at the conference.

And it would be easy on the back end of my job to regret my time there. I might more likely regret all the emotional energy I put into my work. It can seem like I wasted my time – all of that effort put toward a project I won’t get to be part of anymore.

But the curious thing is, I don’t. I don’t regret it one bit.

I poured every ounce of creativity and energy into ideas for the conference. And most of them weren’t used. I got to learn so much from Rob and Jeff (and especially Jenni) what types of ideas worked for something like this and what didn’t.

• I learned that trying to feed 1,000 people with food trucks would be a logistics nightmare.
• I learned the fine line between pushing the envelope and offending without purpose.
• I learned the importance of working with people you trust…even if untrustworthy folks have a bunch of money to spend.

These are lessons I carry with me now in everything I do. Even though I poured myself out into Echo Conference, so much more was poured back into me. I’m full of inspiration and new wisdom.

I’d like to think I left Echo better off than when I started it. Only time will tell if that’s true. But I know for sure I’ve left myself better off than when I started with Echo. And it has everything to do with my giving my all for something I believe in – regardless of my involvement with the project in the future.

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