| December 2008 In this issue... |
| OSSN Home |
| Destinations:
Celebrity Solstice Debut |
| President's
Message by Gary Fee |
|
The Panama Canal |
| OSSN
Heads to Dubai by Melody Fee |
| Got
Partners? by Ken Hall |
|
Thinking Outside the Box by Carl Meadows |
| OSSN’s
Cruise Day by Hema Kahn / Monique Peragine |
| The
Art of Packaging Adventure by Mike Daly |
|
How to Survive the Bread Line by Lois Osborne |
| Who’s
Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf by Anita Pagliasso |
| OSSN Sets Sail with FAM Cruises |
| CHAPTER CHATS |
|
Mesa Phoenix |
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Thinking Outside the Box
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The U.S. Marine Corps has an unofficial mantra: Improvise, Adapt and Overcome. I was never a Marine, but I have “socialized,” if you can call it that, with many a “Devil Dog.” The lesson I learned early on from these brave soldiers was that in troubled times, there was always a way to overcome the situation and, if you adapt correctly, you can actually turn it around to your benefit. Since I’ve been in a few of these “situations” during my life, I managed to implement the Marine mantra, and what do you know - it worked! If you happen to be in the travel business, as I suspect you are since you’re reading this article, this would be a good mantra for you to adopt also.