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OMG am I tired of the 'grey brigade' (no not the oldies, but the old ways of thinking and behaving that come with that title). You know, the 'they' crowd!   

There was a line in a song from the 80's by Snap, called "Rhythm is a Dancer" and in that line, this guy says:  "I'm a serious as cancer, when I say rhythm is a dancer'  

That line always stuck with me from my teens, and losing my Dad to cancer in 2018, it only served to heighten that phrase. At times Dad would ask what I actually do....as it wasn't in a neat box of employed work for him! And the shock at times when he would say "and people pay you for that!?"   The reality is, yes they do, and we pay others for that service and support in our business and lives, because coaches, mentors and consultants help us get past a point where we would normally stop - they help us think and act differently, in my personal view.   

So the conversation of professional comes up lots and I have always been and will always be "as serious as cancer" about what I do, and I am a professional. I develop, I invest in our growth as a team and a business, I & we evolve, but rather than be caught up in the pomp, the ceremony, the pretence of what or how we should be or behave, I choose to be me. I choose to be the best version of me and that version is complex, that version interrupts, that version calls people on shit and is prepared to be called on shit too. That person is congruent, real, straight talking and perfectly imperfect - flawed as we all are. 

But that person is embracing, accepting and humble with it.   That person is me, I am proudly and unapologetically professional-ish!   

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