Roots/Wings

Thus the importance of wingsamp160The ability to raise oneself and see above the horizon to look down with new perspectives and to ensure that the roots which feed us do not wither by failing to adapt to a new worldamp160Roots nourish via what we were and where we came from and what we didamp160Wings encourage us to go where we need to and to blaze new trails which will lay down tomorrows roots and are a highway to what we will accomplishWhy Roots are CriticalWe are storiesamp160Whether we are individuals or companiesamp160We all have beginningsamp160Origin stories either real or concoctedamp160Once upon a timeamp160Day oneamp160In the beginningThis past for companies creates rituals motivational stories moments of crisis provenance proof and a reason to believe Tales that encrust every key financial event like barnacles The almost went out of business moments the eureka breakthrough moments the IPO moment or the key acquisitionAs time passes people move on and locations change the stories linger often shape shifting with the passage of time with who the storyteller is and the quality of the tellingamp160Remembered history may not be history but in it is rooted muchRoots are critical for not just companies but individualsamp160Personal roots shaped by the people and places we grew up first losses loves jobs and mentors help make us what we are Then key decisions and roads taken or not taken that bring us to the present We plumb narrate garnish and embellish these roots to explain why and where we are todayamp160The tattoo moments that we wear as invisible scars or badges that nobody sees but that mark our daysPeople skills and relationships are forged and become part of our rootsamp160Reputations brands trust and networks are built by time and help us navigate the sway of change by keeping us rooted to what matters disciplined in skills protected by a trampoline of earned trustamp160Over the years we are forged in the foundry and furnace of experiences that enable us to become the force we are This enables faster action and movement than the uninitiated since what others must learn comes as second natureRoots matter in relationships in honing of skills and much moreThe Magic of WingsWhile every individual and firm start somewhere every life and firm are also a journeyamp160Just as a tree that begins with a seed initiating a root many of us are lucky to be nourished by the water and light of life provided by families school and friends to reach upward and branch outWe take wingsamp160Wings are fueled by dreams By crossing the horizon to go where no one has gone before To do the unimaginable and the impossibleIt is the fuel that drives not just entrepreneurs but all of us who take a risk switch careers leave a city or country to go to another It fuels immigrants who leave with nothing but a dream for a better life Wings beat and provide the wind for artists who start with a blank sheet of paper a piece of rock an empty space which they convert into stories songs plays paintings movies sculpture and moreWhile the roots the status quoamp160and the ground below us are all real we often take wing to the unseeable the unknowableamp160We take a leap into the void that sometimes results in innovation creativity the unstatus quo when we landEvery individual has wingsamp160It is just a question of when and if we get the chance to use themWhy Combining Roots and Wings are ImportantIf every individual and company is a story with a place we came from every individual and a firm is also about a place we are going toWe all integrate the dualities of roots and wingsamp160Too rooted and we may wither away as changing times and climate bring drought to the place and way we wereamp160To winged and we may be blown away in the gusts of changeamp160Too rooted and we may be seen as old school hide bound to tradition and inflexibleamp160Too ready to fly with change may find us painted as unreliable undisciplinedamp160and shortterm orientedTransformation is twisting ourselves and companies into new shapes with the clay of what we were and new skills and pieces we acquireamp160To believe and better understand where you are going people want to know from where you are comingamp160If you wish to record a new track it helps especially once you are no longer a beginner to have a track recordSo next time ask yourself your friends or your company or the companies you wish to partner withWhat are the tattoo moments that made you what you areWhat do you believe is key from the past to your future and what should you be willing to or need to leave behindWhere are you going and what do you believe about tomorrowWhat leaps of faith or acts of courage are you going to take to get thereAnd many of us will get to where we are goingamp160This is because we got where we are today by continuously integrating balancingamp160and unifying yesterday and tomorrow safety and risk and what we arewere and what we want to beWe are a mix of roots and wings amp8230Click the social buttons to share this story with colleagues and friendsThe opinions expressed here are the author39s views and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaVillagecomMyersBizNetamp160

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