Play It Forward 3/6

Play It Forward

As my career wound down (after ~42 years) the last few were the most fun. Playing it forward by mentoring junior team members. Letting them learn from my mistakes or my wise decisions helped them to turbo charge thier careers.

Many were thrilled to have an executive sit with them frequently to listen and support them in their endeavors. I'm not sure who got the most out of those sessions.

It's rewarding. Try it!

Knowing the Cost of Success

Life and career are heavily intertwined. Goals and aspirations for one impact the other. We each need to think about the costs that one has on the other. Never just blindly grab an opportunity (that golden ring on the ladder perhaps) without weighing the cost.

Michael Morris

Oct 13, 20256 min read

Our life and career aspirations require us to weigh the costs

Turning Lemons Into Lemonade

What I discovered though was this this phase of my career became the most fulfilling of my career. Politically, I could be as outspoken as I desired. but the most fulfilling part of this phase of my journey was the ability to play forward some of my experience and wisdom to more junior employees who were in the initial stages of their careers. There were all sorts of opportunities to play it forward.

Michael Morris

Oct 1, 20254 min read

Sometimes we need to learn to make lemonade from the lemons we are dealt.

Building Your Career Roadmap: A Personal Journey

Your five-to-seven-year career plan needs to align with your end of career goal. You may need to make adjustments to get to where you ultimately see yourself. A Chinese proverb states that the journey of 1000 miles begins with the first step. Every career step choice is either one that tracks toward my desired career destination or one where I will end up in a destination I never chose. You do not want to climb a career ladder and end up atop the wrong building

Michael Morris

Sep 25, 20255 min read

Standing In The Gap

We forgive others because God forgave us. It is not because we deserved or earned forgiveness. When we do not forgive, we are playing God with others. To become the man God intended me to be, I need to be able to forgive others unconditionally, the way that God has forgiven me. Forgiveness is paramount for us to heal on the inside.

Michael Morris

Sep 17, 20255 min read

I was immediately reminded of Ezekel 22:30 “I searched for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand in the gap before me for the land, so that I would not destroy it; but I found no one.”

Enough Already!!!

The accident broke the pattern. I ended up being a blessed man with only two broken arms. The life lesson was that I learned --- the hard way ---- was how to accept help. It entailed both help for me to take care of myself and help to prepare food for me while I recovered. The other lesson that became apparent to me was that I had built a crackerjack team. They were highly skilled and competent. They knew I was down for a while and that they needed to step up and do their j

Michael Morris

Sep 10, 20254 min read

For the first time in my life, I realized I could not do it all by myself. We all kind of know that intellectually but often do not exactly internalize it. We live in denial.

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