I have lead pretty much the last decade of my career doing what I felt I “should” be doing.
- I should be going to meetings.
- I should be selling.
- I should be networking.
Recently I have had a change of heart. I’ve decided to make a withdrawal from SageRock. Not a money withdrawal as much as a time withdrawal.
I have decided I was going to start doing the things I wanted to do and really minimize what I didn’t want to do.
The first aspect of that is that I really didn’t know what I wanted to do. I just started doing things that I liked. Namely, blogging and emailing.
I have been spending a lot of time writing on a variety of blogs. And now I’m spending more time interacting with people on social networks.
I’m just trying to reach out to people in ways that are comfortable to me.
I’m not a big fan of calls and meetings. So, I’ve consciously been limiting those things. I honestly think I might have a slight tinge of agoraphobia… or something like that. I don’t think my level of disinterest in physically connecting with people is typical.
This has been an interesting process because if you have never done what you really enjoy, you really don’t know what it is you do enjoy.
But writing and doing videos is incredibly enjoyable to me.
Further more, because I’m doing what I like, I feel like I’m more effective.
Who knows. Maybe all this will come back and bite me in the ass. But so far, I feel more effective. More happy.
