[interal email to Lovesac HQ & stores: Thursday, Feb 20, 2014]
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.
—Alvin Toffler (futurist)
For those of you who were NOT (un)lucky enough to be with Lovesac through thick and thin, for years and years, or through all of our sordid ups and downs, our current trajectory is to be expected. Its what you signed up for, it is exciting, or at least it should be exciting.
For those of you who have managed see it through—to help us claw our way into relevance over the course of some years, I imagine that you, just like me, can think back on all that we have done and seen and accomplished, and that you can recognize: a lot has changed.
You ain’t seen nothin’ yet.
Just like Toffer alludes to in the quote above, whether you’re new to the Sac or a seasoned vet, the pace at which this organization will grow and change will be more rapid each day to the next. Even as we become more “stable” in many ways, we will require more change, and more adaptability to navigate the road ahead. Even as many things finally normalize for us, the sheer magnitude of our existence requires more complexity, more sophistication, and more intelligence. And finally, there is the outside world—our macroeconomic environment—which, like Lovesac, is also a victim of Kurzwei’s law and demands that we keep up with it. So in an effort to stay “Lovesac literate,” I suggest that this same ability—or rather attitude—to learn, unlearn, and relearn, is going to be the key to our collective survival. We love that you know what you know and that you bring that to our table—now let’s take it to the next level, together.
The LoveSac Rally Racing Team made its debut at the Idaho Rally this weekend. We ALL entered the race knowing really only two things about Rally: Go fast & stay on the road. Being that it was my first rally, my co-driver's first rally, and even my mechanic's first rally, I decided to make the pilgrimage first to my buddy, owner of LoveSac furniture, America's top Rally Car Driver & X-Games Gold Medalist, Travis Pastrana, for some Rally car tips at his house in Maryland over the 4th of July. Unfortunately, between craning him out of his foam pit as he practiced his sick trick for the X-Games, and getting cold-cocked by some rugby player that night in the chaos that follows fireworks & partying, all I could out of Pastrana was: "Go fast & stay on the road." Well Trav, as my wife would tell you, I seem to listen to about half of anything.....we went fast, anyway.
Hopefully the 2 videos below do a good job of explaining how the LoveSac Rally Fiero got upside down, into that river. For any of you considering a career in Rally Car Racing I figured I would make this video in a way that would hopefully give you a glimpse into what the whole 2 day event is really like...as my YouTube Rally research only showed me a bunch of wrecks and some insane driving. There is so much more to rally it than that. Tell me what you think, please COMMENT. Check em out (stay tuned for the jump, crash, & slideshow at the end of day #2 video)...
A HUGE thanks to our sponsors: Action Auto in SLC (who prepped my car and now has to put it back together), Spoon Me Frozen Yogurt, Franchise Foundry, Caballo Negro Energy Drink (which our rally car practically runs on), Team DI for the sick fire-suits and gloves, Loomis Solar (WOW did those helmets and the WATERPROOF dash-cam ever come in handy), and of course LoveSac Alternative Furniture Co....who pays my life insurance, etc.
Not to mention a BIG THANKS to: Ryan Money, my co-driver for life, you are AMAZING dude...oh, and you saved my life. Bill Talbot (Dirty Billy) who can fix anything on wheels. Jeremy Back, who thought he was going on vacation only to find out that Rally is a team sport. Joe Loomis & Jenna who always just show up and help out (not to mention hooked up our Rally suits in entirety). My parents, who came, volunteered, blocked the trail to vehicles for 12 hours and who STILL hate the idea of this whole thing. My partners, Nancy, Ryan, and the rest of LoveSac HQ for tolerating me. And most importantly the women in my life, Tiffany & Lucky Anne...THE coolest chicks on the planet.
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