I recently started a new job. I left my old job primarily because I had lost faith in the leadership and I didn't sense there was adequate growth potential without going and working on a project that I am not at all interested in working on.
My new job is a more senior position even though my previous job was a "senior" position as well. The thing that I love the most about my job, so far, is the freedom I have. There isn't anyone standing in my way except me, myself, and I. There is something huge about this for me, no excuses other than my own incompetence, which somehow challenges me more.
The other thing that motivates me about my new position is the relevancy of my success. The project I am in charge of designing has a very large and important end goal. It is also very challenging and many are speculating we will not succeed. So part of my challenge is to manage expectations while keeping a positive outlook. The "mojo" of a project is everything I have learned.
My old boss was excellent at managing the higher-ups; the one that just left the project; the one who actually sought after me to hire me. I am certainly going to miss him. He has been a friend and leader for me to learn from for many years, but, it adds to my freedom level to some extent. He is really the only other person I currently know who I feel like can add value to what we are doing, but at the end of the day I was hired to figure out the solution. With him gone I will design and create this new system primarily. How fun!
Freedom is even bigger for me than I would have anticipated even 1 year ago. Strap on your seat belt, we are going for a ride and I'm driving. The appropriate question is, "Do the police know you [I] are driving?". More on that one later ...
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Rick, read each of your posts and enjoyed reading about your life to understand how you feel a little more. It has always been my desire to not think too much about how difficult your life can be sometimes. In my mind, you are very normal and live a normal life. It's not the physical things we do together, it's the sharing of life and your thoughts about the church, your job, your hobbies, computer things, movies, etc., that I enjoy the most. It does seem like you'd do well to start reading some great fiction. When they go out for a hike, if you were like me, you'd be excited to stay home and read. I picture you doing most of your reading on different internet sites.
I'm also excited that you made the move in your career. These next 10 years are perhaps the most important part of a career. You will establish yourself as an expert in your niche and you will do important things.
We ought to work on some of our quad ideas on the side. Invent a golf device or something.
I see a book coming from this blog adventure. Your insights on the C6 perspective is inspirational to say to least. Keep writing about your experiences and how you see them. Add in your new views (physical & social) from the ibot chair. You have much to say about the world around you. Like Doug wrote, you don't seem disabled to me at all. You are more abled than many people.
Over coming the fear factors of life is huge. I am working on a big one for me right now--academics!
Beggars asking you for handouts? What is that all about? Your comment from Mom's way of raising us to deal with the consequences of our life's choices is correct...and we are "stronger for it!"
One thought. I recognize that I tend to write when I need to vent. It makes me feel better. So some of my blog is venting, which is why I had chosen not to publish it originally. I decided to reveal it to the family because it is real, I do have lugubrious feelings sometimes.
That said, the real reason I started this blog is quite the opposite however, it is to reveal how many awesome things C6s can do.
Hey Rick, we just discovered the whole blog thing and wondered how you were doing. MeChel and I are going to try out our own blog site since we are going to be young poor parents soon. I don't really keep a journal so I suppose this is the next best thing. It sure feels like our family needs to get together more. Its almost to the point that I only see people at the christmas party once a year. Is that really how it has to be when we all grow up? Well, at least when Lost gets started up, we should have a little barbaque or something.
So I have read some of your posts. I was fascinated by the perspective you illistrated. I work with a physical therapist and see lots of different people with various injuries and many of them get bitter if the pain doesn't go away that very day they come in. Others heal MUCH faster when they come in with an optimistic attitude. Isn't it amazing what really anyone can to if they are determined enough to accomplish something?
I still miss those days coming over to your house working outside with grandma, cutting up those bushes until i had rashes all over my body!
Phil, I agree. We need to get together more!
I have been thinking about attitude a lot lately. More and more I realize how big of an affect our attitudes have on us and everyone and everything we touch.
I understand you guys are gamers. Let's get a little game night schedule set up or something.
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