Sunday, May 27, 2018

Everything you have done has been REALLY worthwhile – Reason 42

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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