Yikes, I just looked up from answering e-mails, voicemails, grading, prepping for class, being in class, giving workshops, serving on committees, and doing all the rest of what I do to deliver on teaching, research, and service to realize it is October 16; the veritable haflway point in the semester. Where did the time go for goodness sake? Does anyone reading this feel the same?!
What concerns me most about the fast-paced march of time that occurs from maintaining a busy work and family schedule occurred to me yesterday while attending the funeral services of my former boss, Ray Kavanaugh. I sat wondering if the time I spend on things is time well spent on that which matters to anyone, at any time, for any reason. There was no doubt in anyone's mind attending the funeral that Ray spent his time on things that mattered to the hospitality industry and the academic community because he had the awards to prove it. Once in a speech to a group of general managers he revealed part of the secret to his success. He said, "being a successful hospitality professional was no big thing, it was all the little things." I could not agree more.
So today as I raise the periscope at midsemester to look around and see where I am at this point in time in my career and life I will take a moment to cherish all the little things that I choose to do, and even those things that I have to do, knowing that they will add up and make a difference in my career and the future career of some student whose path has crossed with mine on life's journey of becoming what it is we were meant to be and enjoy a fulfilling life as a wonderful consequence. Take the time to do the same, it will be well worth the effort. Then get back work before the boss catches you "goofing off!"
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