Red Shirt, Brown Pants

Day 3 - 11:40 pm

Woke up bright and early to go listen to our daily keynote speaker.

This morning we were blessed to listen to a professional blind golfer. This golfer was perhaps the single most inspiring man I have ever heard deliver a speech. He spilled his heart and soul out to us as he explained to us the story of going from a typical college student to an extraordinary man with a rare disease that only effects 1 in 50,000 people.

After than I attended a number of meetings regarding how to improve a number of different aspects regarding a chapter's well-being. Everything from scholarship to the uncomfortable issue of addressing bad brothers was discussed.

Perhaps my biggest take away from those meetings was the fact that scholarship programs need to be more personalized. The idea of breaking into teams in order to hold people more accountable to one another was brought up and I discovered that teams are the answer to the majority of problems in chapter life. By dividing into small teams and reporting back to one another the level of accountability is raised drastically.

Another major take away from the day was that "wearing your red shirt and brown pants" is the best way to lead. The red shirt is so that your brother's don't see the blood when you bleed and the brown pants are for... well, I think you catch the drift here. Being optimistic and hopeful is key in order to succeed. If you can't envision it, you can't achieve it.

Got to meet some newly initiated brothers of Kappa Delta Phi from other chapters at other schools as we shared lunch, pretty cool.

Special shoutout here to MB for winning an award for being a great adviser.

Another special shoutout to the Connecticut Conference Center for finally giving us a good meal. Chicken piccata for dinner was *fire emoji* while the vegetarian lasagna for lunch was *poop emoji*.

All in all, solid day.

Signing off,

Tristen