The Demotion I Wanted?
I have been promoted several times in my career. Throughout my career in the military, my career as a professional educator, and in my various roles in the private sector, I have earned several promotions. I sought some of the promotions. In other circumstances, those promotions sought me. With each promotion the new role brought additional responsibility. I craved those moments. The promotions also brought new potential for scrutiny in the military and in the public sector. Certainly, the promotions even brought higher pay. Each of these moments were special in their own way. Recently I was demoted. I have never before been demoted....or given a role "less than." Recently, my wife and I dropped our youngest child off in a dorm room for his first year in college. The previous week we had moved our daughter into her first apartment as a third year student. In taking these actions I realized that for the first time in my life, I had been demoted. I went from the Ch...