Survive. It was the best I could come up with as my "word of the year" for 2014. This is because I felt pretty beat up at work for not learning a complex process which reportedly takes years. But, as the "Tepper MBA" it seems there is an assumed competence level. That was and is absent. For many, it takes one year or cycle to become competent and four or five years to grasp the whole picture. Okay, I really need to NOT internalize negative feedback so much. Point taken.
Thrive. Tia Laura is a gifted perspectivist who finds the more optimistic view of situations. She listened to my concern. And she read my concerns and resulting "word of the year" in a different way, suggesting that my goal be to thrive in 2014. Thrive. So instead of rubbing salt into my wound by focusing on "survival" throughout the year, my goal will be to thrive in my new life in 2014.
Coincidentally, there is a book being released in March called Thrive: Redefining Success, Creating a Life of Wellbeing, Wisdom, and Wonder. I've pre-ordered it on audible and hope it will resonate with me once I get my ears and brain around it.
http://www.amazon.com/Thrive-Redefining-Success-Creating-Well-Being/dp/0804140847/ref=pd_sim_b_3
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