Reflecting on how work affects who I am.

I have a great job.  Traveling the world talking to people and hearing what they have to say.  My job is to ask the questions and then to make meaning out of all the answers.  I believe in what each person tells me and respect their point of view because it is their point of view.

But what I don’t ever have to do in my job is give my opinion.  I deflect all personal involvement and that ‘outsider’ perspective has impacted the way I live life outside of work.

Now I have difficultly assessing things from a personal perspective.  I’m more likely to want to hear all opinions – everyone has their perspective and everyone is right in their own mind – so how can I be more right than someone else; what makes my perspective more important than someone else.

But when I take a good look at myself, asking all the right questions has not helped me in anyway prepare for answering questions.