I’m So Over Being “In Transition”

Vicki Znavor is an executive in "transition" who desires to make the most of this time by exploring and writing about people, process and performance and how they deliver bottom line performance. Vicki has graciously contributed this blog - Check out Vicki's blog - http://bottomlineperformance.blogspot.com...enjoy.
Tonight I was reading a biography of Kristin Chenoweth, most famous for her role as Galinda the Good Witch in Wicked and something she wrote struck me as fascinating. She wrote “Human beings – and let me just interject here that I love being part of a species whose name is a verb – human beings…” When I read those words I finally understood why I get irritated by the term “in transition”. It makes “transition” a noun and it really must be a verb. So today I claim that I am “transitioning” as in deliberately and thoughtfully moving forward.
Thinking of “transition” as a verb puts a whole new spin on it, doesn’t it? For me, it reinforces the goal of moving forward because where I am is temporary; it’s not a destination. It’s in my court to direct my destination and it means I’ve got work to do (and believe me, I’ve been working) to get there. None of us can control who will offer us a great position or when we’ll land but there are so many things we can control. Jan Marino’s blog offers a lot of great tips such as showing up everyday or being open to contract work. We can control our attitudes, our willingness to learn, our ability to encourage and support others and we can control the amount of energy we give to this effort.
Tony Robbins recently shared the following quote on Twitter: “There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth…not going all the way, and not starting.” I am transitioning to my truth, moving forward and it feels good

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