I don't often talk about work on our family blog but my work environment today is so much different than I have experienced since leaving the Navy in 2004. I am in a leadership role because I love to push people beyond their comfort zone. I love the feeling of looking back at the previous year's development and know that you played an integral role by challenging them to do new things! The people I work with today are far more motivating to me than they will ever know. During my previous DM role, I longed for the day that I challenged someone to do something new and they follow through. With my new team, they welcome the challenge with open arms. Here is a great example...
One night this winter, one of my reps and I decided to go running at her local YMCA after work. I was in Fort Wayne for a few nights and welcomed the idea of getting some fresh air! When I mentioned that I was training for the Derby Festival 1/2 Marathon, she jumped on the challenge to run it together! This is the accountability I yearned for during my solo training. I challenged her to start runnning again but it was her enthusiasm that reenergized me to put in the extra hours of training each week! Even though she was quite a bit faster, we did the race together. Mentally we pushed each other to keep running - no matter what! Thank you Beth for welcoming the challenge and helping me through the long runs!
Here is the before at the start line:
Here is the after:
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