So you wake up. Who knows what wakes you up. There you were happily asleep and Pow, there you are, wide awake.
It happens in the middle of the night.
It happens when you’re in an organization.
You were lulled into complacency. The pot has not yet boiled (see yesterday’s post). You have time. Just like the “good guy” in those 1930s short movies. You pull the girl off the railroad track just before the train comes.
But there is no girl. No train. Except metaphorically.
You can rescue yourself. Can you rescue the organization?
That is the question.
What do you do?
1. You can bail out. You wake up. Look around. See the signs. Think you’ll be better off elsewhere. There you go, searching for a new adventure.
2. You can close your eyes. Ignore the signs. Slip back into the comfort of the known. And slowly…die. If not physically, then spiritually.
3. You can decide to try to change things. Become an idea monster. Every morning you awake. Brew that cup of coffee. Grab your notebook (you do have a notebook, right?). Write 10 ideas. Every morning. You talk to people about doing things differently. Find some people who are awake. Build a coalition. Go for it.
Me? I went off for other adventures. Sometimes you just can’t find that coalition. Sometimes the “supreme leader” just doesn’t have the skill or stomach for change. Or, they have a different agenda. Then it’s time to forge your own trail.
That light in the tunnel. It could be a train coming at you. Or…it could be the light out. The light to a better you.
