GLOSS Issue 12 MAY 2014 | Page 26

These 8 ideas, when applied deliberately and consistently will have an amazing impact upon your tasks and relationships, and ultimately your wake. In my experience, applying these ideas results in significant growth within me and those around me have found new possibilities in our relationships and in the tasks we turn our hands to collaboratively. It is time to be brave, look over your shoulder and see what you have left behind. If you really want a challenge, ask your co-workers, teammates, families the following question: What wake do I leave in my actions and in our interactions? My encouragement to you is to ask those who care deeply for you first. This way you will learn and grow but remain save and cared for too. Then you can start on the more challenging job – those whom you are challenged by or have strained relationships. This kind of critical reflection is a deeply personal one with the potential of powerful, life changing results. It’s time to check your coordinates and position so that you can move actively and strategically ahead. If you want your ship to be on course to great things then we must look back, check your wake, and actively make the right adjustments so that all future relationships are deliberate, purposeful and effective.