Starting Over
Published on February 2, 2020
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I had the privilege today to volunteer as a grader at a local High School’s Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) drill and ceremony competition. I was impressed at how the students prepared for the competition through memorizing a sequence of over 50 commands only to be critiqued and graded on how they executed the commands. There were some teams that did well and others that were subpar to standards. But the lesson for the entire competition did not come until the last squad came to my area.
A squad of six with a commander no more than 15 years old requested permission to begin their routine. The first 16 commands in the sequence went off with out any issues but something was now wrong. As a blank stare came across the individuals face, silence filled the air where commands should have been bellowed...she had forgotten the next sequence of commands.
Instead of taking her time and attempting to remember where she left off she rushed through her sequence, skipping key commands. This decision placed her at the end of her routine with the sunken feeling of failure as she realized she did not execute over half of the necessary commands.
With tears in her eyes and voice shaken she requested to leave the drill field.
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She was broken.
After words of encouragement I told the team I wanted them to do the entire sequence again. Before I allowed the team to enter the competition field I asked the cadet commander why its import to start over?
She took a deep breath, saluted and said to “correct our failures sir.”
And so here I am reflecting on my failures as it pertains to my business. I have been presented with a sequence of steps through WA that I have forgotten, rushed through, or am subpar to standards set for myself. I can’t get any love from Google and WordPress, in my opinion, should be called Word Depression (writers block).
So...I’m starting over to correct my deficiencies.
My next 3-6 months will be me revisiting WA content and reevaluating my niche of digital photography.
Here’s to relearning!
DT
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