Three Questions
“Question 1: What do I actually do
best of all?
Question 2: What do I care about?
I read an article by
Andrea Kay in which she poses these questions.
But whether you are looking for a job or not, these questions are
important enough to pause and ask yourself.
So I am going to get personal and answer them.
So what do I do best
of all? I have worked in steel,
academia, consulting, refining, and chemical plants. What I have done best in all these arenas is
to use my creativity to create products and solve problems for my employers.
I am energized when it involves using
creativity to solve a problem.
Immediately I enter a state of flow.
What do I care about
is a little tougher for me to answer.
If I say I care a lot about lots of things then in my world that is like
saying I care about nothing. The all
answer is no answer. I have noted that
this answer changes for me at critical junctions in my life. When I was leaving steel I asked myself this
question and the answer was how people learn.
When I was leaving academia to go back to industry it was to apply my
knowledge and presentation skills and see if the results would be different
during my second stint in industry. If I
had to answer it now I would honestly have to say that what I care the most
is to lead teams that create products and content that change people’s
thinking, improve their lives, and solves their problems.
Who needs people
like me? I believe that I can walk into a new setting, quickly understand
the rules, improve the situation by
removing hurdles, provide leadership, and coach the team to a better
state. A company which needs a great
leader for a team that will strive to achieve groundbreaking results. Yes!
That is the company who needs a leader like me. Notice I did not specify industry or a specific
company because my skills are transferable across industries.
Today’s question is:
“Are you brave
enough to pause and ask yourself the three questions?”
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