Super curious to see if that got your attention?
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As we start the New Year and everyone has ideas about how to make this their best year ever, the one thing I always think about is “wherever I go, I am”.​
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What that means to me is that I have the responsibility to decide what I feel, how I act and what I notice & appreciate every day (regardless of where I am).​
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Which brings me to this little story.​
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Once upon a time, I took my son, who was six years old at the time, to a restaurant in SoHo, New York.
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Happens that the restaurant is still there and it’s called Lure.​
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I love this place, especially the bar.
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It is really not a kids’ restaurant, but I have always taken my boys to nice restaurants regardless of their age.
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Anyway, I sit down with Jack and we order cheeseburgers.
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The burgers come, and we both agree that these might be the best cheeseburgers we have ever tasted.​
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We literally can’t stop talking about how good they are.
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Next thing you know, a couple sits down next to us.
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The woman seems lovely and the gentleman seems quite upset.
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He orders the same exact cheeseburger we have just had.​
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He’s rude to the waiter.
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The burger is delivered to him and he’s immediately unhappy with it.
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He rudely calls over the same wonderful waiter whom we have been served by and starts making a fuss that the burger is not prepared to his liking.
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The waiter apologized and rushed back to the kitchen.
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Now this unhappy man is loudly complaining to his date how awful the service is and how terrible the burger was.
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A few minutes later, the waiter comes back with a brand-new cheeseburger (and once again it’s not to the man’s liking and he makes a complete scene).
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He is now berating the waiter.
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And now he wants to leave the restaurant (his poor date is midway through eating and she’s so embarrassed).
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He is loudly letting everyone know how terrible he thinks the place is.
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He throws down money. Grabs his date and storms out of the restaurant.
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Jack, my son, looks at me and says, “Dad, didn’t he just have the same exact burger we had?”
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“We think it’s the best burger we have ever had, that guy just ordered the exact same thing, has the same waiter, and he’s miserable”.
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I look at Jack, and I say, “Son, that is the ultimate lesson in life.”​
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I promise you, wherever that guy goes, he’s miserable.
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The waiter comes over and apologizes for the scene.
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I say “Please don’t apologize, you were so professional and gracious. The guy just ordered the same burger we did, and we think it’s the best burger we’ve ever tasted”.
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He says, “I know. We, unfortunately, see it all the time; some people literally go out to restaurants to complain.”
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Jack says, “Dad, I’m still hungry, let’s split another burger.”
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And we did exactly that.
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Best burger ever.
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Wherever you go, my friend, in 2026 YOU ARE.​
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Who will you be?
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That is always the question.
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