Impatience is a thing I thought I had conquered as I grew older. With the passing of the years and the gaining of new perspectives on things I believed that I had developed a certain degree of patience and was able to take the long view of things. Not pushing, not rushed but letting things develop and work themselves out as they would. Then the other day I was reminded how easy it is to fall back in to old habits. I caught myself in front to the microwave wishing it would “hurry up” and finish heating my beverage. I mean a minute and eleven seconds (1:11) was getting to be too long to wait. I caught myself doing the same thing when “nuking” a hotdog, reaching for the door and stopping the cooking cycle because a whole minute was just too long to wait. Impatience had reared its ugly head. Many of you have had the same experience. We want what we want when we want it, if not sooner! Then it dawned on me … people often treat their career expectations the same way. Read the rest of this entry »