A Risk Rewarded
Yesterday I attended my first offsite meeting with my new team. One of the ice breakers that's going around the company is "Two Truths and a Lie." Each person shares three statements about him/herself, two of which are true, and one of which is a lie, and everyone else has to guess the lie.
After weighing the risks, I decided to include "I know how to read tarot cards" as one of my truths. I was prepared for raised eyebrows, some teasing, or even recoil from a couple of people (no one in specific, but these folks are new to me, so I didn't know if there was someone who might actually be disturbed by that).
To my surprise, when that statement was revealed as truth, most of the fourteen other people in the room immediately were saying "Can you read for us?" "Can you do that at the next offsite?" and etc. I was actually a little taken aback by the enthusiasm.
"It usually works best one-on-one," I replied. "But yes, I could probably do something. . ."
I need to be careful with this. Among other things, I've already decided that I'm not going to answer work-related questions with the cards. But at the same time, I have to say that it's very cool to have shared what was a potentially risky aspect of myself and have had so positive a response.
But that's been my experience for the past couple of years.
Hurm. . . This reminds me that I still haven't had that conversation with my dad about my beliefs. Between starting the new job and the trip to Miami, I'd completely forgotten about it.
After weighing the risks, I decided to include "I know how to read tarot cards" as one of my truths. I was prepared for raised eyebrows, some teasing, or even recoil from a couple of people (no one in specific, but these folks are new to me, so I didn't know if there was someone who might actually be disturbed by that).
To my surprise, when that statement was revealed as truth, most of the fourteen other people in the room immediately were saying "Can you read for us?" "Can you do that at the next offsite?" and etc. I was actually a little taken aback by the enthusiasm.
"It usually works best one-on-one," I replied. "But yes, I could probably do something. . ."
I need to be careful with this. Among other things, I've already decided that I'm not going to answer work-related questions with the cards. But at the same time, I have to say that it's very cool to have shared what was a potentially risky aspect of myself and have had so positive a response.
But that's been my experience for the past couple of years.
Hurm. . . This reminds me that I still haven't had that conversation with my dad about my beliefs. Between starting the new job and the trip to Miami, I'd completely forgotten about it.