When They Don't Get You
There is something I hope for everyone, and especially the super smart, intuitive, multi-disciplined, big thinkers. When you realize this not belonging or fitting in business that sometimes comes up, is that the people with whom you feel this, likely don't and won't get you.
It's not that they are wrong, you are better, they are better, sort of thing. They are just fine. What's different is they don't comprehend what you've been up to or can be up to, because they are up to different things. We won't admit this for a while, as we don't want to feel like we are saying they are interested in the trivial or are small thinkers And that's not what we're saying, because that's not true.
We're recognizing that we're different and they're different. What is important to them carries less weight with us, and vice versa. It's the measure though of feeling like we don't fit in or can't make it work in this milieu, that is not diagnostic of our abilities, rather, it is a sign we're not in the right place.
Nothing is wrong with them. Nothing is wrong with us. But it's not where we are meant to land, and when we do find the place where our talents are understood and where folks recognize our magnitude, we are among our peers and our people with whom we are meant to work, and where we will thrive.
This is the homecoming we long for.
CONTEXT. NUANCE. DISCERNMENT.
I wrote this a while back and those of you who feel like you're one of my people, are usually the ones who relate>>>We can be on the edge, or edged out of communities, as a result of the community or by our own doing. Even when it's right it's not always fun. Are you there? This is for you...