K. L. O. T.
Knowledge Learned Over Time
In a recent discussion with a former associate and contemporary, we discussed our careers and how better and smarter we were at the end than the beginning of our work life. We learned and grew as we became more experienced.
Isn’t that the case in most endeavors? Isn’t it what is expected of us by others, by ourselves? To learn and grow and keep on learning? Industry names it ‘continuous improvement’. Makes sense.
A few years ago, I gave this process a name, KLOT, ‘’Knowledge Learned Over Time’.
My acronym has been tucked away in a notebook, waiting to be shared with the world. When I saw this week’s challenge from Linda Hill, I thought, OMG, now is the time. And so I have,
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “acronym’.” Choose an acronym and use it any way you’d like. Enjoy!
But why stop here? While most big universities have easily identifiable names by their abbreviations…. SU (Syracuse), UMASS (University of Massachusetts), UTEP (Univ of Texas at El Paso), etc. …, I formed a ‘school’ with an actual acronym, SHWAP U., ‘School of Hard Work And Perseverance’
Okay, so I didn’t account for the ‘of’. BFD! It still works.
The staff of SHWAP U, my ‘faculty’, as I referred to them, was made up of all the different disciplines who helped me grow my sales territory: manufacturing engineers and sales management, primarily, who would accompany me on sales calls and ‘plant seeds’ for new opportunities.
The SHWAP U acronym became synonymous with hard work and a never give up attitude. It was an honor to be associated with it. And those SHWAP U end of the sales work day dinners often ended with a fine cigar and self congratulatory pats on the back.
If you want to see what others have done with this prompt, visit Linda’s blog. Here is the link https://lindaghill.com/2023/07/07/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-july-8-2023/
Steve Bottcher (070823)
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