One of the great honors and rewards of the role you are in is helping others achieve success and growth in their careers. Building, fostering, and mentoring teams to do great things is something that brings a huge smile to my face. There is only so much you can do by yourself—two hands and 24 hours in each day are the constraints we all have to deal with.
Yet, while you are doing all this great team building, who is looking after you? Who is keeping you focused on what you are looking for from your professional life?
We are going to go through some things in this chapter that will hopefully help keep you happy and focused. The last thing anyone wants is to suddenly realize 5 or 10 years have slipped by and you really haven’t advanced as far as you dreamed. That sounds like a long time, but it can whip by very quickly, especially if you are head-down, making great changes.