If I had to sum up the first day of Expedia Group’s Explore ’19 conference in Las Vegas today in three words, they’d be 'perseverance, respect and mindfulness'.
The morning opened with a talk by Colin O’Brady who, after nine years of having his legs burnt at a beach party in Thailand, can not only walk but has also climbed mountains and trekked across the Antarctica. He spoke of learning to walk again, setting goals and never giving up.
Then former chairman of joint chiefs of staff Colin Powell shared leadership lessons from his career about trusting your teams to execute and about having respect for people you are dealing with. Referring to the trade war with China, he said that China was not a threat to the US. “I say we treat them with respect and not pick on them. They don’t fall for that.”
Colin Powell on relations with China: “I say we treat them with respect and not pick on them. They don’t fall for that.”
He spoke of how the US was built by immigrants – his father came from Jamaica in the 1920s – and how the hotel industry would not be able to function without immigrants. “Let’s never forget this.”
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