Golden Oldies: Blow Yourself Away
by Miki Saxon
Poking through 11+ years of posts I find information that’s as useful now as when it was written.
Golden Oldies is a collection of the most relevant and timeless posts during that time.
Last week I shared an article I wrote years ago for The Conference Board magazine. Due to a mix-up I didn’t get the actual magazine for several months, which provided me with an objectivity I wouldn’t have had otherwise.
Read other Golden Oldies here.
A few months ago I received an email from the editor of The Conference Board Review inviting me to submit an article for the next issue.
The Conference Board Review is the quarterly magazine of The Conference Board, the world’s preeminent business membership and research organization. Founded in 1976, TCB Review is a magazine of ideas and opinion that raises tough questions about leading-edge issues at the intersection of business and society.
And not just for the online version, but to appear in the actual magazine.
I read the TCB article online (no longer available) and that was cool, but the thrill of seeing something I wrote in a slick magazine like TCB Review really affected me.
I often go back and read stuff I wrote days, months, even years ago and it never ceases to surprise me.
When I reread it in the actual magazine I was blown away.
As are many of us when we revisit something we did a week or a month or longer in the past.
It happens because we see it from the outside—and we are blown away.
We look at it and marvel; the quality and execution impresses; the inherent value surprises; and we revel in the fact that it is our creation.
It doesn’t matter what it is, big or small; whether it was produced at work or elsewhere; it doesn’t even matter if anyone else will ever see it.
We look and we are amazed.
Now it’s your turn; review some of the things you’ve done in the past and I’ll bet several of them will blow you away, too.
Image credit: The Conference Board
