I was recently at some traffic lights onto a roundabout and noticed that the car next to me kept creeping forwards then stopping then edging forward again until the lights changes and they sped off. There’s nothing much wrong with that you might say – a bit of an impatient “boy racer” in a hurry for his own funeral and you might even say he was a poor driver. Sadly it was Police car!
This got me thinking about how we live our lives and the messages (both covert and overt) we give off. He was a person who should have been promoting good, safe, driving acting in an inappropriate manner and giving off potentially conflicting messages. In my role as an internal consultant and development coach I began thinking about how much I walk the talk and what messages do I give off?
Am I always practicing what I preach, especially when I think others can’t see me? These are the times we must be specially vigilant and monitor our behaviour to make sure that we do live by those rules we espouce to others. Difficult for those of us who are normal, imperfect human beings but …
