I know, I know. 2010 isn’t quite over yet, but it’s close. It’s hard to believe that this decade is almost over.

As I think about this last decade, my mind goes to two events. 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina. Of course this is because those are two events that happened on American soil. The photos really depicted a hurting, confused and frustrated nation. Although these are terrible events, there were tons of other terrible things that happened in the last ten years. Such as the financial crisis, war in Iraq, the Indian Ocean tsunami and Michael Jackson’s death. That last one doesn’t really go with the other things listed, but I’m leaving it.

There were also a lot of great things that happened as well. It’s always seems harder to name the good things that happened, but here are some of those:

Lance Armstrong won his seventh Tour de France.
Electronics became even thinner.
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100 million iPods sold
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The list really could go on for a while.

Now, I won’t mention presidents because some of you would put Obama in your good column. And some of you would put Bush in your good column.

For us personally the biggest events were getting married, finding out that we were pregnant and moving to Colorado. The last ten years were huge!

Anyways,
What was your big event of the decade? Good or bad.

Adam Kirk Smith
Adam Smith
25 Years in Retail, Restaurants & Hospitality · Author · Speaker · Coach

Adam spent 25 years in retail, restaurant, and hospitality leadership — managing teams of 60, growing a store from $600K to $2M+, and overseeing guest experience at a corporate level. Author of The Bravest You (endorsed by Seth Godin). Host of two podcasts. 170K monthly readers. Grimes, Iowa.

38 responses to “biggest event of the decade”

  1. Yeah, it’s been some rollercoaster of a decade. My personal biggest event was moving to China – now 3+ years. Globally, 9/11 is hard to see past – the repurcussions are still reverberating around the world today.

  2. Yeah, it’s been some rollercoaster of a decade. My personal biggest event was moving to China – now 3+ years. Globally, 9/11 is hard to see past – the repurcussions are still reverberating around the world today.

  3. I personally am very glad this decade is over, it was the worst decade ever and looking to the next with great joy and anticipation and joy.9/11 being a heart break for friends who died and katrina the death of my marriage two significant changes..yet out of it all i had two joys my son and daughter….my angels in the mist of the rubble.

  4. I personally am very glad this decade is over, it was the worst decade ever and looking to the next with great joy and anticipation and joy.9/11 being a heart break for friends who died and katrina the death of my marriage two significant changes..yet out of it all i had two joys my son and daughter….my angels in the mist of the rubble.

  5. I call it the “anything goes” decade. Of all the trend decades, this one took the cake. It really makes me wonder what comes next. In this decade though, the worst thing that happened to me turned out to be my biggest blessing! If I anticipate more in the next, I will truly be happy!

  6. I call it the “anything goes” decade. Of all the trend decades, this one took the cake. It really makes me wonder what comes next. In this decade though, the worst thing that happened to me turned out to be my biggest blessing! If I anticipate more in the next, I will truly be happy!

  7. I began the decade with my dad dying on Dec 31st , 2000. I moved to Texas and moved from Texas. I lost my boss to a car accident which in turn meant I had no job. Started my own business and ended the decade with getting married in April of 2010. Enough though it was a hard decade, it has been good too. Learned lots and grew lots.

  8. I began the decade with my dad dying on Dec 31st , 2000. I moved to Texas and moved from Texas. I lost my boss to a car accident which in turn meant I had no job. Started my own business and ended the decade with getting married in April of 2010. Enough though it was a hard decade, it has been good too. Learned lots and grew lots.

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