I have just shared with The Engaging Brand Facebook members a little story...
This Christmas I received a card from someone who used to work with me, they said
"It may have been a while since I worked for you but I still gain my inspiration from your leadership. You gave the vision life, you set the standards on values...I never worked so hard, but never enjoyed my work so much. We miss you."
Firstly. how time plays tricks with the mind of your former direct reports!
Secondly, it made me think about how near inspire and expire are in spelling, but in reality how huge the difference is to in the lives of people.
So what expires:- lack of focus, lack of direction, lack of freedom, too many meetings, too many cc emails, too many chiefs and not enough indians, lack of consistency, lack of promotion based on performance, too many initiatives, too much data and not enough meaning etc
It is our choice to be seen as an inspirer or 'expirer' of passion....when you get to your desk look at the day ahead...how much time are you spending on inspiration instead of energy drainers, energy expirers?
The best bit is that the letters which are different in the words, make up the word INSEX! Now there's passion!(Note to Anna watch out for the Spam on that one!)
