On the road to success

This past January, my younger son's girlfriend, Sarah gave a book as my birthday present, The book is titled "Off the road" and is about the pilgrimage of the author -Jack Hitt- to Santiago de Compostela aka The Way of St. James. As I started to read the book, (I have not finished) I realize that in a parallel way I am starting a new position in my career in Walmart, I have on this road before, but this time seems different in the sense that I am more mature, abeit not quite wiser, as contradicting as it may sound.

Although I do have some experience in management, it's been a while since I flexed those muscles. People that know me tell me that I often sell myself short of my real intelectual value.

I do have trouble thinking of myself as a very smart and caring supervisor.

I took over the Vision Center at Store # 5245 on January 28th, I have been there less than two weeks and I'm on the brink of terminating an associate of 17 years. The circumstances warrant such dismissal. I am the kind of person that believes in second chances, but this associate have overstayed her time in this business, when is obvious that she can not perform her job duties without some supervision.

I have the enthusiasm to move this store to higher levels of success (and profitability) and notoriety among the best, the so called "Million Dollar stores". I am confident that I can drive this store, my Vision Center to the same level, if not higher that all those others. But what is distracting me is the disorganization I hereditated from the last supervisor.

So, finally, I feel like I am on a pilgrimage of my own. I concede that on my way there I will encounter ups and downs, and I must do whatever is apropriate to stay on the right path and not fall off the road until I accomplish my goal.