Episode 20 - Some People Are Meant to Change You, Not Stay: The Doors, Windows, and Mirrors Theory

the doors that we meet.

And so with doors, I mean the people that present to us opportunities that we wouldn't have otherwise been presented.

And we all have those people.

Think about an opportunity that you received from somebody that you met that was unexpected and you thought, wow, what a great opportunity to be presented to me, for lack of a better word.

What a great path that I am being given that I wasn't expecting.

And I will use an example from my own personal experience.

I took a chance on the current role that I have now, and I left a permanent role for a temporary role at this larger company for a multitude of reasons.

But the reason that I bring it up is because the people that I have met at this particular workplace have been the strongest professional connections that I've had, but I also have a very deep personal connection with them, which allows me to work with them better and understand them more.

And I'll say produce better because in the corporate world, it is about producing a certain outcome.

And so I would not have been presented this opportunity without the doors that I met that led me there, the people that I met.

And Quite honestly, when it comes to the corporate world and when you're seeking a role, oftentimes it is about a different connection that you have, because when you think about it, there are a lot of people who are qualified for certain roles, but there's a resonance that you have with somebody that may present the role.

ability to be able to work there.

So those are the doors.

Those doors are the people that come about and they open up a path that wasn't open to us or they help us to see the path that we hadn't seen before, which is close to what windows are.

And windows are those people that help us to see things from a different perspective, to broaden our view of the world and to potentially change the way that we go about life.