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If you reproduced yourself in another leader, would you be happy with the results?

Honestly, there are many aspects of my leadership ability that I would be happy to see reproduced in others. I think my genuine concern for others, my ability to analyze a situation, my commitment to follow-through, and my passion for learning are all traits I’d want to see reproduced in a protege.

However, there are still several areas of weakness in my abilities that would likely also be reproduced. I still have a tendency to avoid conflict, though I’m improving in that area — rather, now conflict comes to me . I also struggle keeping a real disciplined schedule day to day. Part of that is a result of my working environment, but part is just a lack of discipline.

Overall, I think I’d be moderately happy to see a protege reproduce the leadership traits that I possess. I obviously have much to work on, and plan to make a concerted effort in that direction.

How about you?

Gotta love it when the waitress is baffled by your age. She couldn’t believe I was as old as my DL said as I ordered a martini with dinner — or she could have been fishing for a good tip. Who knows.

Kristen and I went out to dinner at Portabella’s, an Italian restaurant in a local hotel here in Santa Maria. The atmosphere is nice for the area, and the food is certainly reasonable. Two of us ate for under $30, including my martini.

OOOh. That reminds me. Leftovers for lunch, baby! Wow… now I’m watching the clock til lunch time. Sheesh.