But I kept my lips clamped tightly shut and didn't squash the idea. Won the victory over myself on that count, at least. I wasn't mad, not the way I was at Brady the other day. I was more…floored, I guess.

Best to always let the Team keep talking. Ideas never come when they feel like I'm Big Brother. Scratch that—ideas never come out when I'm the heavy . Remember a year ago when you made fun of Joni's idea to have the clients bring in the snapshots? She didn't speak at a BT meeting for 3 months.

Plus she was spot-on with the idea. The Snapshot Sessions pull down the client's walls far better than anything else we'd tried up to then.

But dammit, we aren't ready to take on more than one market. Not yet. Selling paint will horribly siphon off our strength. And our focus. Lord knows we could use the cash—but I am not going to dilute our core brand. Not today.

Later, Journey.

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