Today I’m in the middle of what seems to be a never ending bit of frustration at work. Today the struggle though is as much inside as it is outside. It’s taken some talking to though to make me realize that in what I’ve seen as an ongoing struggle that there’s an opportunity to live what I preach about. There’s a chance to be playing the game for real and for keeps.
The first person to speak with me really started our conversation on Saturday with a surprise call. She spoke to me about visible authenticity. It’s a calling to walk the talk out loud and in public. But the conversation didn’t stop there, today she came with full force about playing for keeps; that would be Liz Strauss for you.
The second person to speak with me was someone that came as a total surprise, an upper level manager at work. This person took time to not only listen to me grumble but responded with transparency and visibility. They provided me with proof of their actions and intentions and explain why those didn’t happen. This lead to how come my current situation seems so bad.
The manager chose to go beyond that though and talk with me about what was driving the frustration I’m having and help me see something about myself. It became clear they saw my talk was that I want to be able to take better charge of my life and my situation, but they pointed out that I might be too busy focusing on what’s not right that I’m missing the opportunity to take the reigns more and walk like a leader instead of just talking about it.
Talk about a message being received loud and clear. BAM! Right between the eyes with the hits. Both Liz and the manager spoke words that aren’t just random bits in the life stream.
Because of that, the truth comes out that I’ve been saying that leaders lead, they don’t wait for things to line up for them, but that’s just the opposite of what I’ve been doing. I’ve been waiting for the perfect opportunities at my day job and in my life. There won’t be better times if I’m not willing to work towards those times with my own two hands and my own spirit.
Are you just talking? Are you really in the game for real and for keeps? Are you waiting for something magic to happen? Perhaps your own personal fixit fairy? BAM! There you go. The wait’s over. Now is the time to authentic and move forward from there.
Tags: Liz Strauss, NaBloPoMo, NaBloPoMo 2008, work
