A Big Swift Kick in The Ass!
A Big Swift Kick in The Ass!
As a baby boomer, I remember how nice my parents were when they kicked me in the ass when needed!
OK, back when my ass was still hurting, I would not have thought they were being nice. I might have even said, quietly under my breath, of course, why are you being so mean?
Today, as I watch some of the leaders in the industry I have spent the last 35-plus years in, I ask myself, what would the generation of parents to my fellow baby boomer friends be thinking as they witness their children appeasing and pandering to poor performance, sitting silent when they should be speaking out, or sitting on their hands when they know they should be addressing what they know to be wrong?
It seems that as some get older, they become children themselves, or maybe they have given up on their own improvement and could care less about helping others improve. The amount of gratuitous nonsense in business today overwhelms common sense.
When did building a consultancy practice based on pandering and gratuitous nonsense become OK? When did business leaders seek trophies based on subscriptions over merit? When did it become OK to build teams based on the leader's comfort over teams focused on collaborating towards perfection regardless of the comfort in the journey?
Only through the wisdom of the older generations can the younger generations be taught the importance of discipline. As wisdom teaches, no one being disciplined will ever see the niceness in its moment.
But those who learn and improve based on their discipline will, in fact, one day see the wisdom in what they once thought was mean and understand how perception based on the now can confuse what is mean or nice.
In closing: Be grateful for your Mom or Dad's ability to be nice when they gave you that kick in the ass you obviously needed!
Ray Stasieczko
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