[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Publication1-1.jpg” _builder_version=”3.0.101″ max_width=”54%”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.101″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” text_font=”||||||||” text_font_size=”18px”]As we wind down 2018, I want to share with you a cathartic moment I had many, many years back.<\/p>\n
It was a moment that fundamentally changed my “co-op life” and nothing has been the same ever since.<\/p>\n
I had been working along in my management job getting unhappier and unhappier.<\/p>\n
There were so many challenging employees and dysfunctionalities that it made my job almost intolerable.<\/p>\n
I was reaching my wit’s end. Moaning, groaning, complaining, blaming.<\/p>\n
The stress, the complicated interactions, the sheer insanity of it all was more than I could take.<\/p>\n
I really felt I couldn’t go on and I wanted out.<\/p>\n
I just couldn’t take seeing the co-op that I loved so much being held hostage to a challenging group of employees.<\/p>\n
Then my cathartic moment happened, it was fierce…bam!<\/p>\n
I’ll be darned if I’m going to let this difficult and toxic situation continue!<\/p>\n
If anyone’s leaving it’s going to be those who are hurting the co-op – taking rather than giving.<\/p>\n
This co-op is too valuable to the staff who want to contribute, to the community, to me and many others.<\/p>\n
I am not going anywhere – I’m staying, and things are going to change.<\/p>\n
I may not have the skills and capacity, today but I am going to develop them.<\/p>\n
This began my process of starts, stops, missteps, wrong-steps, strong steps, but for me never a side step.<\/p>\n
I guess from that moment on I was on a mission….how do I turn around and manage when things are in a mess like this…. how do we make it better – for real.<\/p>\n
So, I’m still learning and still here. Lots of things have gotten better, and my insides feel better too.<\/p>\n
So, I guess the moral of my story is:<\/p>\n
If I can do it, you can do it.<\/p>\n
I have no more innate talent than anyone else.<\/p>\n
I have made lots of mistakes along my development path and have just kept walking – learning as I go.<\/p>\n
That’s my encouragement to you.<\/p>\n
Keep walking. If it looks dark…. OK, dark happens…just keep walking and developing.<\/p>\n
Don’t surrender to it.<\/p>\n
We walk, grow and learn together.<\/p>\n
Together, darkness doesn’t have a chance.
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As we wind down 2018, I want to share with you a cathartic moment I had many, many years back.<\/p>
It was a moment that fundamentally changed my \"co-op life\" and nothing has been the same ever since.<\/p>
I had been working along in my management job getting unhappier and unhappier.<\/p>
There were so many challenging employees and dysfunctionalities that it made my job almost intolerable.<\/p>
I was reaching my wit's end. Moaning, groaning, complaining, blaming.<\/p>
The stress, the complicated interactions, the sheer insanity of it all was more than I could take.<\/p>
I really felt I couldn't go on and I wanted out.<\/p>
I just couldn't take seeing the co-op that I loved so much being held hostage to a challenging group of employees.<\/p>
Then my cathartic moment happened, it was fierce...bam!<\/p>
I'll be darned if I'm going to let this difficult and toxic situation continue!<\/p>
If anyone's leaving it's going to be those who are hurting the co-op - taking rather than giving.<\/p>
This co-op is too valuable to the staff who want to contribute, to the community, to me and many others.<\/p>
I am not going anywhere - I'm staying, and things are going to change.<\/p>
I may not have the skills and capacity, today but I am going to develop them.<\/p>
This began my process of starts, stops, missteps, wrong-steps, strong steps, but for me never a side step.<\/p>
I guess from that moment on I was on a mission....how do I turn around and manage when things are in a mess like this.... how do we make it better - for real.<\/p>
So, I'm still learning and still here. Lots of things have gotten better, and my insides feel better too.<\/p>
So, I guess the moral of my story is:<\/p>
If I can do it, you can do it.<\/p>
I have no more innate talent than anyone else.<\/p>
I have made lots of mistakes along my development path and have just kept walking - learning as I go.<\/p>
That's my encouragement to you.<\/p>
Keep walking. If it looks dark.... OK, dark happens...just keep walking and developing.<\/p>
Don't surrender to it.<\/p>
We walk, grow and learn together.<\/p>
Together, darkness doesn't have a chance.<\/p>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"project_category":[3],"project_tag":[],"class_list":["post-702","project","type-project","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","project_category-m2m"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/project"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=702"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":705,"href":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/702\/revisions\/705"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"project_category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project_category?post=702"},{"taxonomy":"project_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project_tag?post=702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}