How Will You Grow Today?

RIP Today Since starting my new position at Thornley Fallis Communications recently, I’ve experienced a new kind of pressure – that of accounting for all the time I spend at work.

I’m adjusting to that new pressure pretty well so far and finding that it keeps me accountable to myself as well as to the company.

As I don’t have a large number of clients right now, though, it often leads me to wonder:

“How have I grown today?”

What have I done to advance myself? To move further ahead, personally and/or professionally? Today is almost over; I won’t get to live it again. Have I spent today wisely, or have I thrown it away?

  • Did I land a new client?
  • Did I pull out the stops and advance my career?
  • Did I help out a colleague or friend when they needed help?
  • Did I make a new connection that will improve my life professionally, personally, or both?
  • Did I strengthen an existing connection?
  • Did I learn something that will help me in the future?
  • Did I improve my abilities at something, at work or outside?

I’ve lived my life with this in mind for a long time. That’s probably why I enjoy being busy at work, why I’m dedicated to my running and why a friend once gave me a book, which sits in my office to this day, entitled “You Know You’re A Workaholic When…” I guess I just think about it more now.

What about you? How will you grow today?

Dave Fleet
Managing Director and Head of Global Digital Crisis at Edelman. Husband and dad of two. Cycling nut; bookworm; videogamer; Britnadian. Opinions are mine, not my employer's.