Caps for Sale
Do you remember that book we read as a kid called Caps for sale by Esphyr Slobodkina ? It was about a hat salesman who carried all his hats on his head, and some monkeys kept stealing his hats? For some reason, I loved that book as a kid, and what seems to be ironic to me at the moment is that this week I have felt like that man-minus the salesman part, oh and the monkey part! Okay, maybe I just feel like I am wearing a lot of hats on my head! I have not thought about this book since I was maybe 10 years old, but while thinking through my urgent to-do list, I suddenly pictured the man walking down the road with all his fine looking hats on top of his head! Where on earth did that memory come from? I have never quite understood why we refer to our different roles as hats, but the longer I have been in leadership at my job, the more hats or roles I seem to acquire. Now, I fully admit that I have a ...