Graduating Corporate University... why I blog.
Prelude — On October 29, 2014 I wrote my very first blog entitled Graduating Corporate University. What follows is not that blog but a re-write as I wish I had written it. Don't get me wrong, I am not rewriting the spirit or intent of what I had written two and a half years ago, but rather cleaning up some of the sentence structure, spelling, typos and all those little mistakes that come with something you are starting for the first time...
If you were to ask me how I feel right now I would say I feel like I just graduated university — Let me explain.
My very exciting and very fulfilling corporate career of 22 years has come to an end as the result of a large merger and/or acquisition, and when that kind of event occurs the question becomes what is a person to do after all those meetings, all those projects, and all those presentations... all that "corporate learning" if you will.
Travel of course, and figure out what to do with one's life.
Now I find myself all educated, all rested, and have the whole world in front of me. What next... back into corporate? "Wait, wait.... WAIT! Let's think about that for a minute".One of the aspects about having a long "corporate education" is it does afford you some luxuries to evaluate the situation and determine what you REALLY want to do — It also offers a much different perspective as figure out what exactly that is. What I mean by that is when you are 24, right out of university with an eye on marrying the love of your life, it's fair to say the drivers are a little different than after you've graduated with a degree from "Corporate U".
Then one day I took a different tack and asked myself, "What did I enjoy most in my 22 years? Was there a passion that simply gave me energy and true enjoyment... something where I was not working but simply having a wonderful time?"
But in a practical sense what does it mean?
Well right now I want to understand it, talk about it, get other people's thoughts regarding how it works, and why it doesn't works. And like most PASSIONS, I am just going to follow it and see where it takes me.
As a final note, I will tell you I bite my tongue a little every time I say "out of the box thinking" as it just seems to be so trite and conjures up visions of a rather angry leader pounding on the table saying, "This is unacceptable people! We need some out of the box thinking here!"
By the way did you know the term was derived from a puzzle that consisted of 9 dots and 4 consecutive straight lines back in the early 80's? All you have to do is connect all 9 dots using four straight lines without lifting your pen and without tracing the same line more than once. As you can see, "out of the box thinking".
Who knew?
Postlude — I have found myself rewriting many of my blogs to repost, use for the reasons, consolidate my thoughts, or simply to become better at writing and communicating.
It is humbling to say the least when you look back at something you have written and realize that if not for all those typos, meandering sentences, poor grammar, and non sequiturs, it would be a really good blog post. In turn, it is also exciting to recognize that there is a need to improve what I have written in the past, and that more often than not when I am finished the rewrite it is better than the original.
There is no doubt I blog as part of a professional agenda but the other reason (and really the most important) is blogging is a tangible symbol of development, expression of thought, and the desire to grow into something bigger than I am today.
So I shall continue to blog.
iamgpe
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Graham🐝 Edwards
7 years ago #1
Thanks for the comment Aaron Skogen... It turns out "the next" is a lot of fun !