I never got a leading role or made the varsity team or made a fortune selling cinnamon toothpicks. I was never picked to be on a team, nor was I ever asked to lead. I think the closest to being first was every now and then I would win a wrestling match because there was no one in my weight class to wrestle, so I won by default. It really was not until I became a volunteer as a senior outreach visitor that I began to understand what is meant when we say, “I’m first.”
大卫是大屠杀幸存者。在我每个星期六开始拜访他之前，他遭受了巨大的中风，阻止他说出妻子的名字海伦。有一天，在明尼苏达州非常寒冷的早晨，我和大卫从图书馆回去，他示意我停下来坐在附近的长凳上。我们坐下来，他的眼睛开始流泪。我不知道该怎么办。
但是后来他开始说话，起初缓慢而柔软，并交错，但他以某种方式进行了周到和清晰的表现。他开始详细分享自己在奥斯威辛集中营营地的经验。后来我得知大卫从未与海伦（Helen），他的儿子或他的女儿分享。
I don’t know how, or if, I can describe in words what happened to me emotionally that day but it changed me into the person I am now, and, in reflection, my concept of what being first really means. There is a basic human connection, both emotional and intelligent, that is passed on from one person to another that transcends any ranking, scoring, gaming, professional title, political agenda, capital gain, or incentivized point system. Being first endures and shines brightly. You are first when you cultivate an uplifted and inspired connection with someone, and you are first when you pass that spark on to someone else.
My time with David changed my career calculus towards a more connected human condition. My love for retail and technology and my interest in teaching led me to earn my MBA at night school at the University of Minnesota so I could ultimately become a retail CIO, a title I eventually earned.
However, the ambitious trek to get there was grueling, uninspiring, and lacking in compassion. Ironically, I wasn’t applying retail knowledge or dabbling with technology; and, most disappointingly, I was not helping anyone but myself as a CIO. I scored all the points, I got to the top, I had a prestigious title, I got to set the leadership agenda, but I didn’t feel like I was first. In fact, I was rather miserable. For me, there was no spark at the top of that mountain.
我离开了执行管理界，谦虚但坚定了一个目的：重新点燃大火。I want to remind myself how good it feels to be part of a connected team, being inspired by others, knowing I’m progressing because like-minded people genuinely want me to reach my potential, and having the ability to pass-on that same energy to someone else.
当我绘制一条导致我成为一条零售数据科学家的道路时，我终于找到了我的电话，顺便说一句，这条路将我直接带到了Anaplan。我对Anaplan的介绍始于我的零售客户端想将Anaplan功能与其传统应用程序的功能进行比较。随着时间的流逝，我发现自己的愿景和前景与Anaplan社区的价值观非常一致，非常令人振奋，体贴和反应灵敏。在Anaplan，他们具有称为“ Anaplan Love”的文化规范。我当然感觉到了。
直到我建议我寻求大师Anaplanner认证之前，才开始刚开始。我使用“ Leap”一词，因为没有人真正成为Anaplanner的大师，而没有得到其他人的帮助。为了获得此认证，我需要访问教练和机会来运用我所学到的知识。Anaplan社区是一本开放的书。几乎可以访问任何人，一个活跃的Anaplan社区和免费的在线培训。
在Anaplan，他们具有称为“ Anaplan Love”的文化规范。我当然感觉到了。
The struggle to the Master Anaplanner certification is what leads to the forever enduring, give and take of building people up, whether that’s me learning from Anaplan Academy’s best and brightest, getting mentorship from Anaplan’s go-to-market team, or me helping someone get through their level 1 modeling experience, or perhaps me helping a retail planner to never again have to munge data together in a spreadsheet.
The Master Anaplanner journey is the destination. The countless hours I invested in learning Anaplan interviewing others, attending webinars, helping Anaplan customers, volunteering to build proof-of-concepts, and attending instructor-led courses is an investment in how to be first because each milestone led to a new friendship. My Master Anaplan certification is steeped with positive energy and is much, much more than a piece of virtual paper.
首先永远不会是关于我赚了多少个Anaplanner积分，我积累了多少徽章和荣誉，或获得了多少认证。乔治·帕顿（George Patton）以讲话而闻名，这些胜利是短暂的。归根结底，首先是建立自己的信心，然后转身并帮助他人对自己热衷的事物的信心。
我的主人Anaplan认证充满了正能量，而且远不止是一张虚拟纸。
当我说我是零售行业的Anaplanner大师时，我的确说的是，我觉得我帮助某人是一个更好的人，没有得到认可或回报的期望。而且，在我的生活中，我可以自信地说，我是第一个。
贾里德·多利奇（Jared Dolich）热爱零售痕迹回到他的高中days when he sold cinnamon toothpicks to his classmates and when he learned firsthand the concept of inventory management, cost of goods sold, and how to make a tidy profit. After being introduced to retail planning solutions as a buyer at Target Stores, he’s been on a personal journey ever since to help retail practitioners reach their potential by using software solutions that effectively enable their processes. Recently named a 2020 Master Anaplanner, Solution Architect, and Community Boss, Jared provides retailers, wholesalers, and eCommerce planners the rigor, training, and positive thinking needed to help them fully optimize their Anaplan platform. Prior to joining Columbus Consulting, a consultancy focused on the retail industry, Jared was a retail IT executive for Target, Tuesday Morning, Payless, and Ascena.