Personal Satisfaction

Last night was "teaching night" for me. I teach Competitive Marketing and Strategy at UCLA and I really enjoy it. I have a great group of students this semester. We covered Michael Porter's Five Forces and Sun Tzu's Art of War. It takes an enormous amount of preparation to give a good class...even one I wrote. I take pride in the material, the interest level, etc. and want the students to get value from each class night and the course as a whole. I've had an 8.9 out of 9.0 rating on the class and I'm validated that what I want to give is apparently being received.

I get personal satisfaction from teaching. This combines Point #1) Know Thyself and Point #6) Giving Back. I know that sharing information I'm passionate about is satisfying to me. I also know that being a subject matter expert and then sharing that is giving back to the community at large.

Growth

A reader made the point that, to him, "transition" and "change" equals growth. Interesting. In business, we talk about growth as a goal. Sometimes it involves change and sometimes not. Sometimes the best growth comes from effective execution of goals and visions set out (Point 4...Work the Plan!). Change could actually interrupt the growth cycle in this case. Transition that is initiated by YOU, as it relates to your personal growth, may sometimes do the same - interrupt your growth. Timing, therefore, is critical when considering transitions that you want to take on. Meditation can help with an inner sense of timing; also reasoning things out with someone else ( a mentor or coach or good friend) is useful also.