{"id":5167,"date":"2012-06-16T13:42:54","date_gmt":"2012-06-16T18:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidgruehn.com\/?post_type=aiovg_videos&#038;p=5167"},"modified":"2024-02-27T21:56:01","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T03:56:01","slug":"the-power-of-passion","status":"publish","type":"aiovg_videos","link":"https:\/\/davidgruehn.com\/index.php\/video\/the-power-of-passion\/","title":{"rendered":"The Power of Passion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Power of Passion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\u201cNothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.\u201d<br \/>\n<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">GEORGE HEGEL<\/cite><\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t until my early fifties that I discovered an undeniable link between passionate musicians and passionate technologists \u2013 but that\u2019s another blog for another time. The discovery sprang from my experience with the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/risnews.com\/ris-rock-n-roll-retail-here-stay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rock and Roll Retail<\/a>\u00a0music event, in which I was a founding member and their first drummer. In summary, every year since 2010, a group of retailer musicians gathers in New York City to perform for a charity music event at the world\u2019s largest retail trade show \u2013 the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nrf.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Retail Federation<\/a>. The musicians get one hour to practice, which is good because most have never played together \u2013 then they hit the\u00a0<em>live<\/em>\u00a0stage. These are some of the most passionate people I\u2019ve ever met. Most work in retail technology and are well-respected experts. All epitomize the\u00a0<em>P<\/em><strong><em>ower of Passion<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\u201cPeople with great passion can make the impossible happen.\u201d<br \/>\n<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">ANONYMOUS<\/cite><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Power of Passion \u201cNothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","aiovg_categories":[],"aiovg_tags":[],"class_list":["post-5167","aiovg_videos","type-aiovg_videos","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidgruehn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/aiovg_videos\/5167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidgruehn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/aiovg_videos"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidgruehn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/aiovg_videos"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidgruehn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidgruehn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidgruehn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"aiovg_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidgruehn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/aiovg_categories?post=5167"},{"taxonomy":"aiovg_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidgruehn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/aiovg_tags?post=5167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}