This is in response to Tim DeHaan’s post “My Leadership Story

My Leadership Story

 

First of all kudos to Tim for creating a very impressive presentation in this format which for me has been a struggle. It has been very beautifully done with the sound-editing and the background music. His style of delivery is very poignant. As for the story, I sensed an ongoing struggle which I think I can say is not foreign to any one of us. We are constantly discovering things about ourselves, fighting our private demons, doubting ourselves in this journey of growth. If we are honest with ourselves, we will all admit that at some point we doubt ourselves, question where we are going and why we do the things we do, struggle with our individual ‘vices’. Part of the concept of growth is the recognition that this struggle is a part of life, it is everyday. Writing this I am having a sense of deja vu, as I remember a recent conversation with my daughter who is 19. She was complaining about ‘adulting’ being hard. I am in the process of guiding her through the process of accepting that ‘adulting’ is not a one time thing; you don’t ‘become’ an adult at 19 and then get done with growing. Growth is a constant learning process;  in addition to learning about the world and its ways, whats more important is that we learn about ourselves, our responses to people and situations. Self-reflection is very essential for growth and evolution of a personality. Tim seems to have got down the art of reflection. As for “the vortex of personal inaction”, I hope he finds a way out of this; as he says himself “there is hope”.. “always another time”.

Thanks for sharing your story with us Tim.