{"id":3027,"date":"2011-01-20T20:11:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-20T20:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/2011\/01\/20\/mashed-peas-for-the-traveling-procurement-professionals-soul\/"},"modified":"2021-07-13T07:51:28","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T11:51:28","slug":"mashed-peas-for-the-traveling-procurement-professionals-soul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/mashed-peas-for-the-traveling-procurement-professionals-soul\/","title":{"rendered":"Mashed Peas For The Traveling Procurement Professional’s Soul"},"content":{"rendered":"

I spent the first several days of this week on this road, getting on and off more airplanes that I care to count. And, if you\u2019re like most procurement professionals, you probably do your fair share of traveling, too.<\/p>\n

Of course, there\u2019s one thing that is like nails on a chalkboard to most business travelers: sitting next to a crying baby. And, on the last flight of my trip, there was a baby who deserved a gold medal in the art of crying!<\/p>\n

I overheard comments from many of my fellow passengers as they lamented their plight of being stuck in an aluminum tube-with-seats with a tantrum infant. Me? Babies crying doesn\u2019t bother me.<\/p>\n

I just thought I could have been that crying baby on a plane a few decades ago. Any one of my fellow passengers could have been.<\/p>\n

And I also thought about what babies represent. A baby represents opportunity and the future. That baby may someday grow up to change the world and make it a better place. That baby on the plane might become the next Bill Gates, Mother Teresa, or Martin Luther King, Jr.<\/p>\n

If it did, would you complain about listening to it cry for an hour? Or would you thank the poor mother who has to deal with the sound and<\/em> the embarrassment for bringing a future hero into the world?<\/p>\n

Recommended Reading<\/b><\/p>\n