“I have a dog that thinks, as a manager, that I am an imposter. And, I have a dog that believes I am NOT an imposter. I know which dog to feed. What do I feed the dog?” Ryker wanted to know.
“Attention,” I replied. “It’s not the food, it is the act of feeding. You get what you pay attention to.”
“Okay,” Ryker said. “But, I am still stumped.”
“Make a list. What does a manager do?” I asked. “A manager who is not an imposter?”
“You said awareness, that’s one,” Ryker had a start. “We have talked about preparedness. I have to prepare.”
“Prepare for what?”
“I have to prepare for anything, because I don’t know what obstacles there are,” Ryker concluded.
“And, how do you find the obstacles that are there?”
“I find them. I look for them. I aggressively go out in search of them, instead of waiting for them to appear.”
“And, why do you do that?” I smiled.
“Because I am not an imposter,” Ryker smiled back.