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Speaking @ Amazon - lessons learned

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I've learned that people with forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. - Maya Angelou The Amazon Smile with Kevin Burkhart ("Mr. Alexa") Last week I had the great honor to be asked to speak at Amazon Headquarters in Seattle, Washington.    Amazon is the 4th largest company with a market capitalization of $466 Billion, 341,000+ employees and a 25,000+ employees at its HQ in Seattle.  I was excited, humbled, honored and a little nervous to be speaking at this cutting edge company, at their headquarters.  I did learn some very valuable lessons during this experience, however; and, I'd like to share them in this blog post. EVERYBODY CAN USE SOME INSPIRATION Amazon HQ in Seattle, WA Amazon is the quintessential company driving a new type of corporate culture inviting employees to bring their dogs to work, dress is casual, break rooms have corn hole and fooseball games to cult...