i like working with other people, on a team. i like seeing what each individual brings to the team and how the team needs each person’s assets. it takes different personalities, different talents, different gifts, different perspectives, different styles of management, and different ways of handling situations.
and it takes the difference.
i often describe someone with whom i have worked as walt disney…which seems to fit since he is such a disney fanatic. standing in the center, waving his wand directing the scene as it unfolds. walt as he dreams, as he schemes, as he innovates, as he brings it to life. and then there’s me…
the one behind-the-scenes.
the one holding things together (just call me duct tape or WD40…wouldn’t be the first time).
the one guided by realism…often called the dream killer.
the one trying to make it happen…alongside others.
it takes both…
both the dreamer and the dream killer.
both the director and the one behind-the-scenes.
both walt and his brother, roy
and as said in this article, a yin for one’s yang.