The Wizard Within

Still, no writing inspiration..Ugh.

However, I’ve had enough to keep me busy this week. A continuation of the virus put me in the emergency room on Saturday when I decided breathing was a necessary prerequisite to making it though the week. Also, I had two important presentations this week. Both came with some demanding prep time and gathering my thoughts outside of my Robitussin fog.

The presentations couldn’t be more different, yet the same. In the first presentation, I addressed a group of successful CEO’s and discussed the topic of employee engagement. My intention was to help them understand that free soda, snazzy benefits and even a good manager is not enough to get folks jazzed about work. That instead, it’s an inside job on the part of the employee. The call on that day – help employers to understand their role is to help employees to find their own wizard within.

The second group was a group of unemployed individuals brought together by the Jewish Business Association in Seattle. Sixteen people showed up at this event, as well. Again, the topic – how to get what you want and wake up to our own excellence. In some ways, this should have been a tough crowd – but I felt confident, my message flowed, and I felt deeply inspired to lead this group in a conversation that could change their current reality.

Though the results were equally successful, I can’t wonder why my emotions were so different about the two distinct target audiences. Before addressing the CEO group, I was ravaged with feelings of anxiousness and just plain exhausted from playing the movie of the presentation in my head. I finally just reasoned that my intentions were similar for both – to have them thinking differently about how to get what we all want – happy folks in the workplace. Folks who love life, and work.

Here’s what I learned about my passion – my calling, my purpose…I want to work with people who are interested in helping themselves. I want to be one-person away from the person who needs the messages, the strategies…the tools to change their life. I can certainly spend my time convincing CEO that they can awaken their workforce – but I question if the business world is ready for a conversation about creating a conscious workforce?

What does this tell me about myself or what I am called to do? Is it time to wake up my wizard within…