The insane privilege of being a manager
You get to see the future by helping your team members set awesome goals
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Your job as a manager is helping people become who they're capable of becoming. And if you do it right, you get the most incredible privilege: a front-row seat to watch human potential unfold.
I'm talking about personal goals. Not the corporate version where everyone wants to "develop leadership skills" but real, ambitious, life-changing goals that make people light up when they talk about them.
When you help someone articulate what they actually want to become, not just what they think they should want, you get to see their future self before it even exists. That feels like magic.
The moment I realised what I was missing
Two yea…