Monday, December 17, 2012

get thee a vision, get thee a vision

Villa Vignamaggio. Photo courtesy of Benedetta.

In Act 5, Scene 4 of William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, Benedict says, 


"Prince, thou art sad; get thee a wife, get thee a wife." 

Shakespeare's phrase, taken from my favorite of all his plays, kept popping into my head while driving away from Aileron on Friday, December 12th after learning about our DISC behaviors and motivators from Barbara Hall of Unlimited Potential Leadership Development Group, LLC coupled with excellent presentation coaching from Peggy Kennedy of Brand Tune-Up. 

Each of the VISION participants, certainly myself included, were inspired to search out new personal and career goals. It seems as though many of us are surprised to find out that our workplace behaviors may not be the same as our natural behaviors. It was another eye-opener to learn that contentment is linked to whether our motivators are aligned with our current careers. Imagine with me as Branagh says to each of us, 


"Prince, thou art sad; get thee a vision, get thee a vision."

Who could better articulate this phrase than that of Kenneth Branagh who played Benedict in the 1993 movie taped at the sumptuous Tuscan Villa Vignamaggio? Follow this link on You Tube to watch the clip.