Every venture has its own rewarding experiences. My current role in leadership mentoring gives me the opportunity to experience life changing appreciation from those that I interact with. Let me share 1 such outcome that will help illustrate.
One area of my work is an in-depth understanding of PROACTIVENESS. When people truly understand and practice proactive measures in their life, an inside out approach, then suddenly they see how differently others act towards them.
It is not uncommon for most to reflect on how different their interactions become, at work and at home, stating how their managers, peer groups or partners have changed. The reality is that the others have not (or not necessarily) changed, but that they had changed; no longer allowing others to act on them.
It is a little bit EITHER OR … you either proactive, taking responsibility for yourself, or you are reactive, and others will act on you. The latter creates unhealthy stress.
Do not put your head in the sand like an ostrich, put your shoulders back and chest out (Jordan Pietersen).
