A peek behind the curtain

The lights went on.

I figured out what my BIG TRAINING is all about. It's a peek behind the curtain so that when I am on stage, I understand my lines and the other characters. It's pretty exciting.

The big meeting went well. I respect my supervisors even more for dealing with my OLD bosses. (It was cheap shot day. Boy, were they distributing the rounds!) I am once again glad I chose to leave them to come over where I am now. Then, today, I helped the project director on their work plan. It was an illuminating process looking at every word and anticipating EVERY possible meaning.

AND I am watching a MASTER at this! Gods, the director is good! I have read a few books to prepare (Getting to Yes and Dealing with People You Can't Stand). It was almost like I could pull an example from the books and applying it to that meeting. It was pretty impressive. I think he covered every chapter!

What's really neat is how my hobby and my career are paralleling each other. I look at them both as a game. Who wins is determined by how well I think, communicate, and understand group dynamics; the stakes are just higher at one table.