I never imagined to be one but what if?
As I move up the corporate ladder, I often ask myself, what do I really want out of this corporate jungle thing. Will I continue to slave myself and make the owners wealthier. Do I enjoy servitude? Do I like sales, talking to people and all the shebang that goes with being a career woman?
I pause and ask myself. But sometimes, I can't even answer my own question.
I'm already in my mid-30s, the kids are in their teens, work has been good to me, so far. But there is something missing which I can't quite put my finger on.
Anyway, I replied, "yes". Why not? It's the penultimate of the ultimate.
Just thinking about it makes me cringe, it makes me feel old. In fact, in this blog I was regarded as someone who is in her 40s already. Maybe I speak/write like a 40-something. But how does a 40 something sound like? Tell me.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Do You Envision Yourself To Be A CEO?
Labels: Career Moms, Thinking aloud
Posted by Mari at 5/04/2010
4 comments:
You tell me. You are probably equating wisdom with age.
Some people equates success with material things. Others with how high they climbed up on the corporate or government ladder. Still there are those who think success is if they find fullfillment on their work. When they solved complicated problems, finished their deadline ahead of time or see their taught lessons learned.
We won't be here forever. For me, success means I'm happy with what I'm doing.
Do I sound forty-ish enough?
Baker - maybe. sometimes, the whole process is exhausting me.
Blogusvox - That's true. Some people need to be validated by their work to consider themselves fulfilled or happy even. It works for a while but not for long.
we are all familiar with stress at work and a CEO must be someone who has throughly mastered the joy of stress :) Therefore I have long concluded that the job isn't for me hehe ;)
Real CEO's are people who don't push pen and paper any longer. It is for this reason that maturity and experience are expected hence the issue of age. CEO's are visionaries who have great influencing skills. They are experts using other people's work effectively. They don't need to know the details of how things get done any longer - they just want results. A CEO just hires the people who he thinks can get things done, push them against the wall every minute of the hour to deliver the results he desires.
Some men I personally know have difficulty in managing their own household, how much more a large company ? hehehe :)
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