As a professional, it’s always wise to project a good image of yourself, especially that you are intelligent. However, sometimes or many times we do things that really humble us and hopefully help us to not be so prideful. Here are a few things that I have done recently and not so recently:
GPS: My GPS on my phone showed that it would take about 2 hours to get back home, which I thought was due to traffic and was normal, even though I was about 35 minutes away. For some reason the GPS kept on taking me through side streets with lights, which seemed to appear every 200 feet. Finally, after about 20 minutes I pulled over and took a good look at the directions and realized that I was taking the bike route. Yes, it took me 20 minutes to pull over. I think that my pride ran away at that moment.
App and phone purchases: If you know anything about children and video games then you know that you can make in-app purchases within the games to obtain more virtual money, coins, or gems. There weren’t the proper safeguards in place on their tablets and in a blink a lot purchases were made. A lot of purchases were made. Did I mention that a lot of purchases were made? We were able to get some refunds, but let’s just say that where this is a will there is a way, especially when your children then ask if they can borrow your phone and decide to go on a shopping spree at Amazon. I really don’t need a PS4.
Per diem: When I started my practice years ago during the recession it took time to acquire clients, which is normal and expected. In the meantime I could have worked per diem at another firm at least for that first year or so. However, I had such a bad experience with the previous firm that I worked for as an employee that I told myself I would never again work for anyone else. The extra cash made working per diem would have been nice and would have made the transition from employee to practitioner easier and less stressful financially. Eventually, I did work per diem after about a year or so at a few different firms, and I met some really good people.
There are many more that I’ll keep to myself, but we all need to be humbled from time to time.
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