The Need for Growth

Sometime in the last week I crossed the line. I have finally been working at WAV Group for over a year. It seems like so long ago since I started here, time really does fly. Working at WAV Group has been an experience I will never forget. I have learned about digital marketing, Linux, Mac, business organization, personal management, strategic planning, recruiting; the list goes on and on. It all started, well, before I actually started. It started when I was looking for a job as an executive assistant; the search for a place to grow.

The purpose for this job has always been growth and a place to jump from to reach bigger goals. Mainly, to grow and become an executive.

Before getting the job, I had made an important decision, I wanted to work somewhere that would require a commute. To many that probably seems silly, but to me it was the plan. I wanted a place that every morning on the way to work, I would listen to an audio book. Not just any audio books; books that I have read listened to in the last year include: Grit by Angela Duckworth, Awaken the Giant Within by Anthony Robbins, Good Leaders Ask Great Questions by John Maxwell, and so many more. I currently have 54 titles in my Audible library, with about 75% of them similar to the ones I have already mentioned.

I took this job with growth in mind.

The second reason for this job was to reach a higher-level goal. I want to be an executive. Not just to say, “Hey I’m in charge now listen to me!” But instead because I keep finding myself in leadership roles. In the last 15 years, I have gone from running a Boy Scout troop as a Senior Patrol Leader, to running a Civil Air Patrol squadron as the cadet Squadron Commander to running a city dispatch for a national trucking company and eventually as an Operations Manager for that same. Every single step in my past has been in pursuit of leading others so they can succeed in their goals.

I took this job with others in mind.

In all honesty, I feel pretty selfish. I would not keep doing what I am doing if it was just me. I do what I do because there are people around me that want to grow just as bad as I do. To fill my selfish need I will keep helping others. That is what I do as an assistant, as a husband and definitely, as a parent. 

It has been just over a year since I started working at this job. It is just the beginning to reach my goals for growth.

Want to join me?