I have already done this role for 7 months, I want more responsibilty…

Within the next few years, my goal is to climb Mt. Everest. 

I have read many books about horror stories, stories of failed attempts, and of course success stories on reaching the summit. 

Many of the stories of failed attempts, and or even the stories of death, many seem to have something to do with “rushing” or “pushing” ahead towards the summit too quickly. 

It’s about a 3 month process to climb the mountain. 

First you go to base camp and acclimatize. 

After acclimatizing to the altitude, you then climb to camp one, set up camp and acclimatize. 

After you have acclimatized a bit, you go back down to base camp to rest and continue acclimatizing, then climbers climb up to camp two…

This happens over several weeks and climbers will even climb up to camp 4, get acclimatized and then go back down to base camp to rest before the summit push. 

From what I have read, it seems the ones who are the most successful, are the ones who do not rush to the summit. 

They take their time getting acclimatized and ready for the summit push. 

Many of the failed attempts seem to have something to do with not being careful; not acclimatizing well enough, and trying to summit too quickly. 

It’s exactly like life… 

We all have our proverbial mountains we want to summit.

But often we try to summit without being fully prepared for the summit push. 

Upon reflection…
I see how each time I have f’d up, and fell … it all had something to do with not being prepared well enough (not being ready) for the next “camp.” 

I tried to summit too quickly, but wasn’t acclimatized –  wasn’t ready to summit, and either failed in my attempt, or fell down the mountain. 

Think about your own role in your company whatever your role might be … are doing it well enough to prepare you for the next step?

Maybe you have a goal to do and achieve something physically challenging like run a marathon … or a triathlon… whatever it might be, are you preparing yourself well enough to ensure you are ready for the summit?

Or are you pushing ahead without being perfectly acclimatized for the next step?

Do not rush to the top of your mountain.