A few months ago… a girl named Natalie wanted to go to work with me for her High School Career Day (her mother is a friend of my family). She got to get out of school for a day to watch someone in business to learn about careers. I made a full day itinerary and plan for her to visit different companies where I know the owners. In the middle of the day we were passing the Arkansas State Capital and I asked her if she had ever been there… she said she had not. On a whim, I abruptly change the plan we had scheduled and decided to take her to inside the Capital to see “Our Government in Action”. We walked around and visited different rooms…outside of the Lt. Governors Office…I had another spontaneous moment and I told Natalie – “Just agree with me when I say something to them… You gotta trust me…just go along with the story and let’s see what happens.” We walked into Lt. Governor Winthrop Rockefeller’s office and I said: “Hello… I’m Greg and this is Natalie… we are here to get our photo taken with Win… are we on time?” There was total silence in the office… the two receptionists looked completely shocked and they each thought maybe they forgot to schedule it. The secretary went into Mr. Rockefeller’s office and came out about 3 minutes later and asked us to write our full names. When I wrote our names…I had a perplexed look on my face and asked: “He is here to do our photo today with us.. isn’t he?” She said she would be back with me in a few minutes and asked us to sit on the couch…the other receptionist offered drinks and snacks. A few minutes later the Arkansas State Capital On-Staff Photographer showed up and took the attached photo.
I wanted to show this young girl at the beginning of her life journey to be very brave and bold in this world. Sometimes when you “expect” things from people in power you get exactly what you want.
