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The other day I had the privilege of going for a run with my youngest brother and my youngest daughter. We don’t see him very often because we live so far away, and running gave us time to connect just the three of us.
We ran. We laughed. We joked. We connected.
The conversation moved to something that we had just passed by.
It was then my daughter provided a bit of wisdom.
“It is hard to look backwards when you are moving forward.”
A simple statement.
A profound idea.
Sometimes the past isn’t satisfied with not being the star of the show.
Our lives are in the second or third act, but that first act keeps walking back on stage, interrupting and inserting itself into the present.
She was right.
It is hard to look backwards when you are moving forward.
Just think about what 2015 might be if we keep that in mind.
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Carl Weber, is the owner and founder of Carl Weber Consulting, a consulting group that helps businesses, non-profits, and individuals understand themselves, hire and manage well, and become great leaders. Carl worked in local government for more than ten years, as the Town Administrator of a few towns in NH. Once upon a time he was a search and rescue swimmer for the US Navy.
Carl holds Bachelors’ Degrees in Political Science & Community Development and a Master’s Degree in Public Policy. Carl is a Certified Professional Behavioral Analyst (CPBA) and Certified Professional Motivators Analyst (CPMA).
Carl regularly teaches on human factors and the relationship of behavior and leadership styles, as well as motivation, coaching, leadership challenges, and failing as a leader. His passion is to help leaders in their lifelong journey to finish well, to combat and work with their inner voice, and to live a meaningful story worth reading.
Carl lives in Southern New Hampshire with his wife Amanda and together they are raising a small tribe of four young (somewhat crazy) women with the goal of unleashing them on the world to change it for the better.
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This is great and you have a wise daughter. 🙂
Yeah, she is pretty cool. But of course all four of them are awesome too!
Big family. Congrats! 🙂
Running is a parallel world to life. I love her statement. My recent observation is that I cannot talk when going over rocky/uneven terrain. I need to see where I am going. Just being together in a difficult place is enough. Sometimes words aren’t helpful in tougher places, but community gets you through those places (and pushes you on the hills when you would quit on your own.)