Another example of
of how we all live from inside-out comes from my early days in the
Air Force.
There was a sign in
the shop I worked in, kinda like the memes that people used to fax
before, and as they are now shared on Twitter, or Facebook.
It showed a person
at the base gate asking, “What’s this base like?”
The answer was a
question, “What was the last base you were at like?”
The guy at the gate
responded, and was told, “That’s what’s it like here, too.”
I remember reading
that cartoonish sign and being a bit perplexed as to it’s point?
I didn’t have
enough life experience at that point to grasp it’s meaning.
Maybe it was the
shop supervisor who clued me in on it’s meaning.
I’m curious and
always asking questions.
It’s a basic
observation of human behavior.
Decades later, when
I ran my own business, I used this understanding in my interview
process,
“Tell me what your
last job was like?”
A very effective
question in determining if the person was going to be someone I
wanted to hire.
Where ever you
go, there you are.
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