To Finally Be

Listen to "To Finally Be" on Spreaker. As a child we witnessed so many times the image of an owl asking how many times does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop. The owl impatiently made it to three. To this very second that image still has an impact on the choices I make daily. We are given our walking orders at birth. This is where you will succeed. This is where you need to be. Along the path we pick up crumbs of inspiration and totally get sidetracked as to where it is that we were told to become. During those distractions we find every reason to fade from the required passion because society tells you where you need to be. I can't count the number of times where I was told, "If you can't do what I'm suggesting there's the door." I physically hate those words and terms. It's an instant disconnect with the decision maker. On this podcast we step into some pretty deep areas of change that need more than your personal dreams. To finally be means to reach an area of your ambition that other people have pretty much commanded you not to become. I don't laugh when I tell future broadcasters that it took me 37 years to finally become the radio person I wanted to be. Yet in participating with continuation of all things involved I needed every bit of those 37 years to stand on this path. Mountains and walls don't exist in your life. People do. They're what's standing in your way. People. In all things that you do at work you aren't serving yourself but their needs and expectations so that they will continue having a position of decision making. You are part of the continuation. Being in control of what's to become requires your knowledge of not the past or future. You need to be present in your now. Know of how you feel when being told what to do and how to do it. know of how you react when blame of failure lands on you yet it was the decisions of those ahead of you that caused the storm. Be in your now and control your now when higher decisions poison your reasons for wanting to lead but all you hold is a slip of paper baring the word follower. To finally be. I don't believe in the term there is no I in teamwork. Oh yes there is. There can be no team unless you are an individual first and always. Never forget that your job is always making someone else look good in front of their leaders. To finally be means to become by way of your decisions.