Have you ever read through someone else’s curriculum
vitae? Or even your own one? If you did so, you have probably noticed people
tend not to mention jobs they consider embarrassing, or they give a different
slant to portray them in a better light.
For instance, if a person in a high position had very
simple or ordinary jobs, it is possible that these may not be mentioned. If someone finds out about that, they may be
explained away as having been extremely boring or that no training was
available. But for a leader, it is never
like that.
Any job or anything a person does, it gives him the
possibility of learning and to identify potential and personal strengths. For the common person, to complain will be
the way to deal with it, but for a leader, that job is like a university or
post-graduation course in the form of a great opportunity to change points of
view.
There are so many phases we all go through in life
which on the face of it look like a waste of time, but there is always a chance
that lies within them; a hidden benefit that leaders use to overcome obstacles
that come later.
(Excerpt from the book 82
Reasons to be a Leader)
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