Ever had an experience and found it rife with so many hills, valleys, cobwebs, and rocky places? So much so that you wished someone had given you advice to take a different route, or be authentic, set your priorities, say a different word, choose a different career, lose that friend and keep this friend, accept a job, speak your mind, hold your tongue...? Advice you think might have led you to live a more exalted life.
Part of the joy of life... the experience of living... emerges from the opportunity to carve our own road and learn from our own mistakes, but let's not kid ourselves... sometimes, as we look back we wish we'd known then what we now know.
This is especially true in the world of work. "If only I'd gotten (or heard) that piece of advice, I could have saved so much time/heartache/headache/yada-yada-yada... or lived more authentically"
A year ago I completed a research of corporate leaders and stumbled accidentally on a brilliant 'a-ha' when I asked them to reflect on their life. So now I want to broaden my audience and ask you this question...
As you look back on the journey of your work life, what do you wish you had been told? (what advice do you wish you'd been given?)
I hope you will post your thoughtful responses on this blog. Thank you...
