What Do You Do

The question gets asked often, as much as any other,
that's for sure, and it's not unusual because we seem
to believe that what a person does for a living is a
large part of who they are?  Now you know me well
enough to see ahead and know that I don't go that
way in my thinking, even though I know on the
surface such is true, when you dig beneath that
surface appearance a bit, there is where you see
what is real. Just this past Sunday a man stopped
me in the hall and asked me, "hey I sit in class
you with and you seem to be a pretty smart person,
but what is it that you do, because it seems like
folks really listen to you?" Well, he asked, so
I told him. Hmm, wonder what he thought of that?

For example, my friend Chris Voss
who does "The Chris Voss," show, seems on the
surface to be a free-wheelin', fun lovin', let it roll,
sort of guy.  But that's Chris's public persona, and
here is what a little study of Chris reveals- he is
successful, but he has a heart in what he does.
Chris is that rare sort of leader who doesn't want
to brag on himself, so much, as he would love to
brag about his organization and his team.  Chris
is an amazing person to listen to, but more than that
he is a responsible leader in the world of social media.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itzU6L6TzX4

Now your question might be, "how in the world
does that matrix with Chris Voss, and Proverbs
there bud?"  Great question, and already you know
from what was said earlier how my feelings on that
one run, but more, think of it in context with what
is revealed, it is that revealing process that seems
to me to inexorably lead a person to know what
is true, not from someone telling you it is true
but from it being validated for you by your life.