My wife is a great passenger.
When I am driving, she never questions the route I take. Even if it is a place we frequent often and I choose a different route. She is just along for the ride.
I am not such a good passenger.
When I am riding, I will often make suggestions as to a better route, a detour or question the driver’s choices.
The driver has the steering wheel for a reason. It is his job to get to the destination of choice. It is not my place to take over. I don’t have the wheel.
People can get in touch with me a number of ways: phone, text, email, facebook, twitter, this blog, linkedin, google groups and even by regular mail. Shannon noticed the other day just how frequently my phone goes off. She asked how I get anything done. It’s a good question. When that phone or computer dings, the natural reaction is to check and see what it is. The temptation is to take care of the need to get it out of the way. But when we do that, we are giving the wheel to someone else.
If you want to get to where you want to go, you have to do the driving.
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