{"id":6005,"date":"2012-11-06T14:44:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-06T18:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joyfullyjobless.com\/blog\/?p=6005"},"modified":"2012-11-06T14:44:00","modified_gmt":"2012-11-06T18:44:00","slug":"whos-that-little-surfer-dude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joyfullyjobless.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/whos-that-little-surfer-dude\/","title":{"rendered":"Who’s That Little Surfer Dude?"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the morning of my birthday last month, I awoke to an emailbox full of greetings. One in particular caught my eye. It came from my globetrotting friend Marianne Cantwell<\/a> who was in Bali recovering from a freak injury to her back.<\/p>\n

The title line simply said A Birthday Surprise. I don\u2019t remember what went through my mind as I opened her message, but what I found was truly a surprise.<\/p>\n

Somehow, Marianne had gathered a wide array of people from around the world to send birthday greetings to me. If you haven\u2019t seen the video, I urge you to check it out before you read the rest of this story.<\/p>\n

Click on here for birthday video<\/a>. \u00a0Type in the password adventure (lower case).<\/p>\n

As the day went on and phone calls joined the e-mail and postal mail greetings, I interrogated every one about their participation in the video surprise.<\/p>\n

My sister Nancy had a great story about getting permission to have her picture taken from the rooftop of a restaurant in Athens. My friend Georgia in Sweden told me how she\u2019d coached our mutual friend John in Minneapolis to get his picture included.<\/p>\n

The stories went on and on. It was obvious that this project delighted the participants almost as much as it delighted me.<\/p>\n

But there was one mystery. Who was that cute little surfer wishing me a happy birthday from Costa Rica? I couldn\u2019t think of a soul I knew who lived there.<\/p>\n

When I talked to Marianne, she was evasive. \u201cI had to cheat a bit on that one,\u201d was all she\u2019d admit.<\/p>\n

Then last Saturday, I had the pleasure of spending several hours with Marianne who had landed in California for a short stay. As we sat listening to the surf on the beach in Ventura, I asked her again to reveal his identity.<\/p>\n

She hedged for a moment, then said, \u201cHe\u2019s an entrepreneur.\u201d<\/p>\n

I laughed out loud. \u201cHow do you happen to know him?\u201d<\/p>\n

Her answer surprised and pleased me. \u201cI found him on Fiverr<\/a>,\u201d she said. \u201cI realized we didn\u2019t have anyone on the video representing South America so I went looking for someone there.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe and his father do this together and will record a message and send it for five dollars.\u201d<\/p>\n

Clever Marianne. Clever surfer dude and dad.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t you love entrepreneurial creativity in action? I predict they all have a bright future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On the morning of my birthday last month, I awoke to an emailbox full of greetings. One in particular caught my eye. It came from my globetrotting friend Marianne Cantwell who was in Bali recovering from a freak injury to her back. The title line simply said A Birthday Surprise. I don\u2019t remember what went…<\/p>\n

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