Musings at Altitude

Fellowship

I’m Southern Baptist in upbringing, and two things that are intimately tied together for Baptists are food and fellowship!  At any gathering, there seemed to be food…lots of food!  And I was always amazed that when the food looked like it wasn’t nearly enough to feed the masses, somehow all the masses were fed and plenty of food was still left over!  It always reminded me of Jesus feeding the thousands with just a little bit of bread and a small number of fish and still having lots left over!

At work, I enjoy food and fellowship equally as much, and there isn’t much that brings smiles quicker than having food show up on the conference room table (bonus checks may bring bigger but not necessarily quicker smiles).  And today, we’re having fellowship Friday at work.  And the anchor food of today’s fellowship is tamales!

I’m already smiling because of the food and fellowship to come, and it’s still several hours away.  But work can be very burdensome at times and these timely breaks that give us the freedom to put those burdens behind us for just a little while during the business day can be priceless.  I fully expect today to be priceless!

January 8th – Assessment

I failed miserably on my goal of networking.  In fact, of the 7 people I wanted to connect with, I only tried 1 of them and didn’t connect with him.  I got caught up in the needs of the moment and never freed myself up to work those opportunities for the future.  That in a nutshell is a microcosm of the problem we face in our business and the problem many businesses face today.  We are so focused on the tactical that we struggle with making any connections to strategically important people or opportunities.  I’ll revisit yesterday’s goal today, and I’ll make those connections somehow and in some way.