Marks of maturity

You will spot those marks when you came across them. You’ll find them in people not easily played yet still opened to having a grand time. In business, mature professionals can be found in thriving organizations: talents who are unassuming, who can tell facts from fantasies, cause from co-relation, who are willing to take risks after having exhausted due diligence, who can sleep soundly after having done well and good for after all they have struggled and conquered.

These are people who have shaken hands with and looked the enemies in the eyes. People who know life is short and are mindful that they are living at the intersection of  kairos (eternity) and karma, hence not controlled by the ticking clock (chronos – as in chronology) analog or atomic. They cry too! On occasion. Especially when they have to re-learn lessons that should have come second- nature: “don’t bite more than you can chew”, “he who hesitates is lost”, “pride comes before the fall”. Mature people cherish relationships, knowing they can’t be bought.

They too eat dirt when it’s called for, caviar at other times, since they know about seasons: a time to die and a time to live, a deal to say Yes to and a deal to say No to (given full and exhaustive disclosure). Mature professionals understand the terms of the agreement and make sure those are legally biding (and enforceable). When needed, mature people stand their ground, draw the line in the sand: “Screw it, let’s not do it”.

Mature people understand the axis of evil (” the children of darkness are wiser.” ) Mature people ask W’s first to understand (7 habits), to shed light on a muddy situation, to seek clarity in confusion, to arrive at more certainty in doubt and confidence in fear.

The marks of maturity are the marks found in great leaders. And great leaders are hard to find. Fake leaders, like fake news are in abundance. In our post-modern 5-G digital era, when the computer gets speeded up to cache information faster, we get not what we need, but what we want to see and hear inside of our miscellaneous-focus bubble. Want to find the marks of maturity, you will have to look hard outside of your filter – 30,000 feet 360% in 4-dimensions to locate great men and mature women whose thoughts and discoveries are still relevant.  In other words, throw yet the baby (analog) out with the bathwater (digital).

Pay the price (of unlearning and re-learning) and pay forward.

See you at the mark.