Plan, Plan, Plan Some More, Then Do What You Need to
Plan, Plan, Plan Some More, Then Do What You Need to
I worked on planning my 2003 World Creativity Tour for
several months.
I wrote emails daily.
...sent faxes.
...wrote letters
...sent packages
...made phone calls
...used a professional air broker for country to
country airplane tickets
...made Excell charts of all actions to keep track of
them
...sent copies of my schedules to many people at each
location to verify that no conflicts were going to
occur
...made lists of all phone numbers, addresses, email
addresses I could
...created a file of all email and mail from each
country
...changed all my bills to direct check withdrawals
where possible or pre-wrote and send checks before I
left and tested my ATM cards (personal and business)
All that would make you think you were all prepared.
I had no more than arrived at the Marriott in downtown
Philly at my first stop and my credit card was refused
because of the unusual spending over the past two
weeks. Their computer "red-flagged" my account.
Through some patient, lip and cheek biting,
discussions over the phone it was cleared up. Over
the next 3 days I double and tripled checked to make
sure that Visa had taken care of it. I did not want
to have happen in Osaka what had happened in
Philadelphia for many reasons.
A few days later I left Philadelphia to fly to Chicago
and then non-stop to Tokyo and then onto Osaka.
My host in Osaka had advised me of how to take a bus
from the airport to my hotel once I had cleared
customs. The Osaka airport I was arriving in is
several miles from downtown Osaka and my hosts live in
Kyoto many miles in another direction.
Customs went smoothly. Once I got out in the ground
transportation area, at least it looked like one,
none of the signs were in English. I asked and
reasked person after person until I found the best bus
to get me into downtown Osaka near the main train
station because I knew my hotel was located only 6
minutes away from the station, according to their
website and emails from my contacts there.
All the way into Osaka in the dark, it was after 10:00
pm, I started to get concerned that I might have
gotten on the wrong bus. The two salesmen behind were
speaking in English. Once I got off the bus in
downtown Osaka I could not see any evidence of the
train station. I quickly found one of the American
salesmen and asked him if he would help me by asking
the bus employee at the stop where my hotel was.
In a couple minutes the two of them came back and both
gestured beyond a cluster of high rise buildings
behind us both saying in their respective languages
"it is over there on the other side of those
buildings."
Off I went with my backpack on with name, address,
phone numbers and email address of the hotel in hand
using my physical directional skills to work my way
through a 3-level multi-zoned complex.
After many left and right turns and sets of stairs I
saw a name that was similar to my hotel's but not
exactly the same. I went towards the registration
desk and was stopped by a bellman who spoke in very
clear English "can I help you?" I showed him the name
of my hotel. He immediately guided me outside onto
the street again and pointed down a narrow backstreet
and said you are at the "Annex".
Within a few minutes I was walking into my hotel's,
Shinto Hanku Annex, lobby. As I turned towards the
check in counter I heard my name called out. I turned
and there stood 2 Japanese gentlemen both rising to
their feet and smiling very widely. They were my
hosts, Miyoshi and Mr. Miro.
It turns out that they had gone to the airport to make
sure I got on the right bus but we had missed each
other because I had come out a different door. When
they could not find me with several announcements at
the airport they drove all the way into Osaka to my
hotel, totally out of their way, to be sure that I got
there safely.
Plan, Plan and plan some more and still you will have
to work out problems that arise.
Plan Plan Plan Some More Then Do What You Need to - To learn more about this author, visit Robert Black's Website.
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Plan, Plan, Plan Some More, Then Do What You Need to
I worked on planning my 2003 World Creativity Tour for
several months.
I wrote emails daily.
...sent faxes.
...wrote letters
...sent packages
...made phone calls
...used a professional air broker for country to
country airplane tickets
...made Excell charts of all actions to keep track of
them
...sent copies of my schedules to many people at each
location to verify that no conflicts were going to
occur
...made lists of all phone numbers, addresses, email
addresses I could
...created a file of all email and mail from each
country
...changed all my bills to direct check withdrawals
where possible or pre-wrote and send checks before I
left and tested my ATM cards (personal and business)
All that would make you think you were all prepared.
I had no more than arrived at the Marriott in downtown
Philly at my first stop and my credit card was refused
because of the unusual spending over the past two
weeks. Their computer "red-flagged" my account.
Through some patient, lip and cheek biting,
discussions over the phone it was cleared up. Over
the next 3 days I double and tripled checked to make
sure that Visa had taken care of it. I did not want
to have happen in Osaka what had happened in
Philadelphia for many reasons.
A few days later I left Philadelphia to fly to Chicago
and then non-stop to Tokyo and then onto Osaka.
My host in Osaka had advised me of how to take a bus
from the airport to my hotel once I had cleared
customs. The Osaka airport I was arriving in is
several miles from downtown Osaka and my hosts live in
Kyoto many miles in another direction.
Customs went smoothly. Once I got out in the ground
transportation area, at least it looked like one,
none of the signs were in English. I asked and
reasked person after person until I found the best bus
to get me into downtown Osaka near the main train
station because I knew my hotel was located only 6
minutes away from the station, according to their
website and emails from my contacts there.
All the way into Osaka in the dark, it was after 10:00
pm, I started to get concerned that I might have
gotten on the wrong bus. The two salesmen behind were
speaking in English. Once I got off the bus in
downtown Osaka I could not see any evidence of the
train station. I quickly found one of the American
salesmen and asked him if he would help me by asking
the bus employee at the stop where my hotel was.
In a couple minutes the two of them came back and both
gestured beyond a cluster of high rise buildings
behind us both saying in their respective languages
"it is over there on the other side of those
buildings."
Off I went with my backpack on with name, address,
phone numbers and email address of the hotel in hand
using my physical directional skills to work my way
through a 3-level multi-zoned complex.
After many left and right turns and sets of stairs I
saw a name that was similar to my hotel's but not
exactly the same. I went towards the registration
desk and was stopped by a bellman who spoke in very
clear English "can I help you?" I showed him the name
of my hotel. He immediately guided me outside onto
the street again and pointed down a narrow backstreet
and said you are at the "Annex".
Within a few minutes I was walking into my hotel's,
Shinto Hanku Annex, lobby. As I turned towards the
check in counter I heard my name called out. I turned
and there stood 2 Japanese gentlemen both rising to
their feet and smiling very widely. They were my
hosts, Miyoshi and Mr. Miro.
It turns out that they had gone to the airport to make
sure I got on the right bus but we had missed each
other because I had come out a different door. When
they could not find me with several announcements at
the airport they drove all the way into Osaka to my
hotel, totally out of their way, to be sure that I got
there safely.
Plan, Plan and plan some more and still you will have
to work out problems that arise.
Plan Plan Plan Some More Then Do What You Need to - To learn more about this author, visit Robert Black's Website.
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