Thoughts About the Place I Work

Sometimes, I have to sit through goofy stuff at work.  I’m talking about the kind of touchy-feely, woo-woo stuff that one would think I would like, but often turns out to totally miss the mark.  Those are hours of my life that I will never get back.  Of course, I really don’t feel that strongly about it because, after all, when is any experience not a learning experience?

Sometimes, though, I sit through a “feel good” sort of meeting and come away with a real insight that resonates with me and bounces around inside my head for hours afterward.  That happened today.

When today’s meeting was over and done with, I walked away feeling a little differently about the other leaders in my part of the company.  Most of the people I met today were people I hadn’t met before.  It drove home the fact that I work for a large company.  It also drove home the fact that this organization is filled with many undiscovered connections.  There are opportunities to reach out and do something different.  Like I said, this isn’t anything new.  There wasn’t a new batch of recruits indoctrinated into the corporation.  What was different was my perspective.  I chose to look at these people with different eyes, to listen with different ears.  And what I saw and heard…well, I guess I liked.

What does that mean for me?  I haven’t quite figured that out.  Maybe nothing.  Maybe something.  I just feel compelled to contemplate this, and, perhaps, do something with it.  

Today, I committed to begin a “work gratitude” journal.  Perhaps, I begin there.