Have you ever had a friend say this to you? I have a couple, and I confess I have said this myself. This statement is not spoken because of a lack of ability, work, or passion it comes about because of other aspects of life. This morning I had an insight I am going to share:
This morning I was tweeting about a conference "call-for-speakers" in the information management side of what I do. I thought to myself - I don't have any clarity about the focus of my profile on Twitter. Am I an information management specialist, am I a business owner, am I an investor, or a mom and mentor, etc.? After deliberating for a bit I thought to myself, I am a CEO. I am the person that understands and oversees all the other aspects. I am the visionary that leads the way to the information and directs the purpose. This is what I am going to focus on.
When I sat back and looked at this statement I realized that when I put all my skills and interests under this one umbrella, clarity came to my 'understanding of me'. I finally know what I want to be when I grow up, it is an Entrepreneurial CEO and luckily I am already there.
This does not reduce the amount of work I have, but it does help me say 'Yes' or 'No' to certain activities when they do not meet this focus.
I share this for the benefit of all my friends and others that have a CEO mindset. Thinking like the person at the top makes focusing on one type of skill set quite difficult. You need to look higher up the chain to meet your abilities and to ensure you are using the gifts you have to their fullest.
Weird that Twitter helped add clarity to my 'understanding of me'.
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