I mention my Uncle Ned quite a bit in my blog, turns out my other Uncle, Jack, was in
town for a few days. He was visiting my cousin Joel. We'd been playing telephone tag for
a couple days without much success. Well, I decided to skip the traditional phone call and
stop by my cousins' apartment. Wouldn't you know? The first guy I see when I get out of the
car? It was my Uncle Jack. He was headed out to clean the car and get something to eat. I
tagged along.
"How's life been treating you?" I talk with my Uncle Ned a lot, probably to much, but Uncle
Jack? Not to often. Anyways, I shrugged my shoulders and told him.."Life has its ups and
downs. Still trying to figure it out. Getting closer though." Uncle Jack has lived in Kansas City
for 30+ years. He's had the same job, and is fixing to retire in a year or so. He then asked me
where I wanted to eat lunch? I recommended a place dear to my heart.."Lets go to Amore's Taste
of Chicago!"
One of these days, I'm going to work 'Amore's' into my blog, but that day isn't today. We arrive,
take our seat, and order. As were waiting for our order, my ex-wife calls (She's planning on making
a trip out to Vegas in the near future and we were trying to sew up a date)..Anyways, I give the phone
to my Uncle Jack and he says hi to her. After she hangs up my Uncle Jack asked me this.."Are you and Melissa planning on getting back together?" I've fielded a number of questions from my family over the last few years about my ex and I..I tell them the same thing every time. I'm getting a notion that they don't believe me, but nonetheless, I wanted to explain what the deal was to Uncle Jack. It made it a lot easier being in person with him..
"Melissa and I are looking at a reunion of sorts, but not the husband-wife thing. The immediate goal is to get her back out to Las Vegas and find her a decent job. She was in the Hospice business before she left, and it was a damn good job. We're thinking when she comes back out to visit? She'll find some of her old contacts and maybe land back in her old job, but that's not the main reason! The thought is she could help me get some of my ideas launched. It's hard to for people to believe this, but my ex wife is my biggest fan." I then proceeded to give Uncle Jack a rundown on everything Las Vegas.
As we were getting ready to part ways, Uncle Jack asked me a question on a subject I love to talk about.."I was reading one of your posts and you said something about how you thought the Chinese were a good market. I think it said something about a reality show or something like that." I'm eager to answer, in detail! Any idea I post on my blog. So when he asked me that? I gave him my two cents worth..
"Jack, organic growth strategies are all the rage nowadays in Las Vegas. With any OG strategies, you've got to select an area and go at it with a hyper local approach..(Hyper local is best defined as an extremely concentrated area (Chinatown)..The belief in a hyper local business approach is to attack that area hard with your product our service. Once the product or service becomes successful in that area? Analyze the tentacles! Basically Uncle Jack, if you can get something to go off in Chinatown? You can make it appealing to an Asian crowd en mass! Jack, I'll be honest with you. I believe that I'm smart enough? Dumb enough? Crazy enough? Whatever you want to call me? It can be done with the proper resources!" My Uncle Jack said something to me after my rant that I hope other people paying attention will heed.."I'll give you something Rob! You've done the leg work!"
I like to end every post of mine with a thought I'm having..Call it the village idiot thought of the day.."It was nice seeing my Uncle Jack today. Living in Las Vegas, I don't get to see much family. That's why I tell people that I've adopted the town of Las Vegas as my family. I know that sounds odd, but it's truly how I feel."
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