SelfStuff

Of all things I've lost, I miss my mind the most! ;{)> Actually, not any more, but I remember many feelings from yester year. Long long ago, in a galaxy far far away

I felt that everyone should have the same dedication, astuteness, and passion for their job that I did. Obviously no one else did, and I had to deal with the realization that not only wasn't it so, it never was going to be. In retrospect, I must have had an enlightened boss.

Then there were a handful of employees in the company I owned (can you really own someone???). I still remember how it felt when the first one said he was leaving to take another job (and it wasn't local or in a competing business.) I felt like a failure!

AYE is about Self Stuff. As knowledge workers and managers, what can we do to:

- understand how we feel about ourselves and how it relates to our work?
- figure out that it's not really about us?
- learn how to deal with the self stuff better?

DonGray 2002.06.08

I think Don has touched what, for me, is the heart of AYE. My mind remains a sea of ideas, many inchoate, from my last AYE experience. I have just begun to dip into that sea with varying success. My next dip is to start a journal of my selfstuff. Maybe I'll recognize better who I am. MikeMelendez 2002.0609

I've wrestled with the "loss" of a business I ran for 15+ years. Obviously no one owns "an employee", and I even wonder if you own a company. I think it is very easy for it to own you. There have been lots of good lessons and experiences for me at AYE reminding me how difficult it is when I am not taking care of me first and everything else next. - BeckyWinant 2002.06.11

Updated: Tuesday, June 11, 2002