Jeff Altman, Big Game Hunter
“It’s never too late to be what you might have been.” –George Elliott
One week of treatment; go for two more! My wife is back from England tonight. Wow!
Almost like I know her every summer, she went to Ulverston for the Buddhist Festival and retreated there. This year, she delayed leaving (I didn’t). So instead of flying out in the last week of June, she left in late July and returned from Sunday night because of the day of travel.
I want to wait for her for supper. Without her, the house felt empty.
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This morning, I was shocked by the madness of my career.
We started to think we could get into the workforce, do a good job, get recognized, and go from rank to an executive role, and the organization believes our work is extraordinary and hopes to reward us with money and authority.
When the reality of our first choice disappoints us, we realize that we are employed only has a 3% raise than the ants in large machines. We noticed that people are bringing from the outside into those positions we desire, and while some of them deserve positions, we learned something from them. Sometimes, we see that the new employee is nothing more than the emperor’s lost clothes… an empty suit, hypnotized management with wonderful stories during the interview.
We were told how much management appreciated us, but their behavior was inconsistent with their words.
A thousand cut emotional deaths gradually hollow us out and exhaust our desire to succeed and work hard.
I know I’ve been in an agency for many years for me. From a sales perspective, I’m a solid performer, but despite the contrary, management really doesn’t want me to succeed. It’s hard to imagine that in a sales organization, management will do everything possible to interfere with the success of salespeople, but many people who work in sales (and many who don’t work) have your experience. Management speaks from the mouth and says, “Don’t look at what’s behind the scenes. Don’t notice contradictions.”
I know that some of me have become tired over the years and surrendered to acceptable mediocrity. Maybe so are you.
You won’t be the leader of dreams without swaying a ship or two.
If you allow managers to instill fear in you, you will be the man or woman you dream of.
Leadership responsibilities are far more than someone imagined not holding the ball.
Being a critic is not enough to point out the failures or mistakes that others make off the field. It is more important to engage with and work with those who are authoritative to achieve change and learn from their difficult choices.
Crazy can be incited from many sources, but resides within your willingness to accept your authority and power allowance. If you accept the terms given (as long as we need you, do your thing, do it with so much money and then walk away without us needing you), you might be shocked a day when someone comes to you and invites you to a meeting room or a Zoom meeting or Zoom meeting, HR and a group of managers (other (and legal) someone (and someone else) are waiting for your letters to mark your words.
“I’m a good employee,” you’ll think.
“Why me,” you sigh.
There is an ancient allegory about turtles and snakes. The snake wanted to be crossed by a turtle, and he asked him what he had to guarantee that the snake would not bite the snake and inject its venom into the turtle and kill them.
The snake said, “I promise I won’t.”
But halfway up the river, the snake bit. The turtle shouted, “You promised you won’t bite!”
“Snakes do snake jobs.”
It’s not a snake in itself. It really has to do what it has to be done to keep it open and stay for a day. It must protect owners, investors and others to live in another business cycle.
Your madness may lead you to believe that you will handle it in some way. When the next recession occurs, when the next promotion occurs or the next location opens, they will look at you kindly and allow you to cross the river.
You already know, you already know that you are unlikely to go from junior to C-level executive or manager to SVP, or from $70,000 to $180,000 with your company, but your madness distracts you from reality like a narcotic.
It’s time to get out of your own and your interests, detox and plan.
Many LinkedIn users have lost their jobs over the past two years. For many of them, depression is ongoing. For some, this is a recession. It’s OK, you’re in charge of your career and your manager is too far in the chain of command to take any action to protect you.
For those who are still working, the next recession is coming. I don’t know when it will happen, but I know it will happen. Always do this. Now it’s time to start planning before it’s too late.
©The Big Game Hunter, Inc. Asheville, NC 2015, 2020, 2025
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