When my two sons started elementary school, we began playing a game during dinner. Each of us would take on the role of another in the family. Sons became parents while Dad and Mom pretended to act like Ben and Nate. It was a riot. We never finished an entire meal before we had all collapsed in laughter. Nate working hard to get me to eat green beans was a classic.
It wasn’t just fun–it showed us how we were coming across to each other at home. While some of the parodies were in jest, others revealed areas in my life that needed improvement. I saw myself in a new way–a way that made me decide to change. Since that time, others have also mirrored to me mannerisms, attitudes and beliefs that I recognized as problems and worked on changing.
What do you think? Could you ask a good friend or coworker to give you some important feedback? It might be the path to new effectiveness.
CHAMPS welcome self-discovery.
