putting ourselves into our work
I spent the weekend with my extended family celebrating my brother Steven’s wedding. I had the great honor of being the rehearsal dinner’s master of ceremonies as person after person stood up to share an anecdote or two about Steven as a man, successful entrepreneur and imminent husband to a fantastic, strong, funny and very patient and giving woman.
Steven is a special guy and one of the common threads weaving through the toasts in his honor was the recognition of his extraordinary ability to befriend, relate to and interconnect people he’s met throughout his life. His social intelligence is simply outstanding and he brings this aptitude to his work at the broadcasting and marketing representation firm he founded in 1996. By all accounts, the empathy, genuine interest and humor Steven infuses into his leadership have cultivated a true sense of community and family within his firm that naturally extends out to his many clients.
So, for Steven, work in the world has really become a reflection of who is in his larger life. There’s none of the misfit or dissonance between self and career that throws so many people into a tailspin. It was very inspiring to see, hear and otherwise experience just how much has come from his efforts to put himself wholly into his career.
