A couple of months ago, my friend Jaime and I decided to make a bubble pact, effective January 1, 2010. Essentially, we both agreed that we have been very blessed in this life but that we really weren't living up to the responsibilities of such blessings. In other words, we were very comfortable in our bubbles. To remedy our mostly selfish existence, the bubble pact was agreed upon: once a month (at least), we will leave our cozy little circle and challenge ourselves to participate in (a) something new, (b) something uncomfortable (to us), and (c) something with a hint of "the greater good".
But I don't write this to discuss my personal bubble pact. I bring this topic up simply to ask about your own bubble, professionally speaking. Are you comfortable? Have you added anything new to your professional space lately?
2009 seemed to be a shoring-up year, a year where most teams/groups/decision-makers were afraid to make moves because there was such uncertainty in the market. However, if the fog seems to be lifting, if you think you can see a few feet in front of your face these days, why not adopt a bubble pact of your own for 2010? Adopt a new technology, research the future, befriend a random name from your Enterprise network, try some crazy new processes, write a simple program, and see what happens.
If bubble-bursting became the norm, well, there wouldn't be many bubbles left to contain us, would there?
shanti,
mjh
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