Blogging is probably not my style. It requires short stories, to the point ideas. I am good at none of that. But I am still going on with it, not willing to give up just yet. Because today, amazingly enough, my story may actually be short. For all my banker friends, today I missed you all because today in the middle of my day I missed numbers. I did not know what was wrong, why the adrenaline of getting work done was not kicking in and I just kept on looking for an email to distract me. And suddenly I realized, if only I could look at one little number, everything would be fine. I decided my bank account was not the best option and even thought of looking at a list of investments, but they were still words. And I wanted numbers. The moment I realized at least I felt better. At least I knew what was going on. And I moved on. To you bankers, here is the proof today, that one day, you may miss it :-)
The last classes in Leadership try hard to make you think and figure out what to do about yourself. So we talked about our best self, not just about what it is but more of when it happens. We had to ask a couple of former colleagues, friends and family to give us three examples of when we were at our best. The point is not to skyrocket your ego, don’t worry. It is about understanding what are the environments that make your strengths come out. Because if you know what they are, then you will look to pursue a future that exhibits these characteristics. A “what brings the good in you” kind of thing. It was interesting to get that feedback. More than interesting, it was insightful. It was amazingly consistent throughout and it was curious to see the examples that people remember about you. I do recommend to anyone in need to find a bit more of where they should go. The thing about the examples is that they do have something in common, whether they came from people I worked with recently o
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