At some point in our careers each of us takes on
a new job, either by choice or compulsion.
In my own case it had been 18 years since I had experienced the
rapid-fire revelations that result from being thrust into a new situation with
new rules, new expectations and new people. It is really the new people part of
that equation which causes most established professionals the most
retrospection.
By the time you are 25+ years into your career,
assuming you transition into another position in the same industry, you really do
know what you are doing. Oh, there are indeed small nuances that change, and
sometimes with big ramifications, but by and large you’ve been around the block
enough times to weed through the processes and differentiate the crucial from the
impertinent.
Not so much with people.
People are dynamic, with fluid needs and a
litany of concerns to either address or outright avoid. The problem is that it
isn’t always apparent what you are dealing with until the crank gets turned to
the “POP - goes the weasel” part of the tune, and by then it’s out of the box;
good, bad or ugly, you are dealing with it now.
Inadvertent damage-control aside, a new job is
also refreshing. Probably because as the players change, the tensions change
too. In fact, based on some decompression I went through (Don’t come up to
fast, you’ll get the bends!) I can honestly say that I didn’t really know what
type of preoccupations wrestled for my attention until they weren’t there
anymore. Like bass on crankbait, the thoughts came.
Once I cut-bait it was kind of refreshing. It
took some time sure. I guess that is reasonable since about 2 decades had
passed. But maybe, just maybe, if I remain determined about my own direction,
controlling what I can and disregarding the rest…..
Ask me in another 20 years.
©
2015 D.W. Williams
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