Memories can be Beautiful…and then

Hard to believe that Faber Communications LLC will be celebrating our third year of business in the fall. It seems like only yesterday that I embarked upon this rewarding entrepreneurial journey.

I’d always thought I’d retire from my long-term previous employer, with the traditional celebratory dinner and a gold watch to mark my years of service. Instead, my departure was abrupt, and without ceremony. Unless boxing up 12 years of memories under the watchful eye of a Human Resources rep counts as ceremony!

Leaving any relationship can be daunting, and it’s easy to look back and identify the things we wished we had done at different stages in our personal or professional lives. Georges Santayana said that if we don’t remember the past, we are doomed to repeat it. There are benefits to remembering the past, but not for rehashing it. What “mistakes” from your own past do you reflect upon today? Could you have handled a stressful situation better, or said the exact right words at the right time, instead of what you said then?

Mistakes or missteps from long ago can acquire a weight way out of proportion as time goes on. Too often we’re quick to forgive others, but not nearly as punctual when it comes to forgiving ourselves. If there’s something from the past that’s weighing you down as you attack the future, take a few minutes to write your perceived transgression down on paper. Look at it. Gaze at it. Ponder it. Crumple it up. Throw the paper in the trash, along with your regret, and move on. Life’s waiting for you.

Mike around town in Denver 

Last Friday’s Networking for Women event for the Colorado Business and Professional Women’s Empowerment Weekend was a great success. To read the 8 Indispensable Tips for Successful Networking, just click http://www.mikefaber.com/blog/index.php

I’ll be co-hosting the Mentor Program kick-off for the Rocky Mountain chapter of Women in Cable Telecommunications (WICT) on June 7^th in Denver. For details about WICT, please see http://www.wict.org/wict/

To read last week’s newsletter, please visit our BLOG at http://mikefaber.blogspot.com/

Read The Waiting Game: How to Earn Respect in the Workplace at http://www.milehighala.org/Newsletter/Winter2006/aWaitingGame.html

Mike Faber
Phone 720-851-5208 Toll Free (outside Colorado) 877-262-2402
On the Web www.mikefaber.com