Never Miss Out the BACK-BURNERS

Never Miss Out the BACK-BURNERS

Yes, that is true, We are all biased and partial to those that are at the forefront, at the main burners.  Problem is, the bulk of things going on are in the BACK-BURNERS.  And that is our problem.  The frontage always gets the attention but what gets missed out are the BACK-BURNERS.  To ensure we are all aligned, let us do a sampling of typical goings-on in our lives which are often left in the BACK-BURNERS.  If you're in school, the minor elective subjects seem to be left in the BACK-BURNERS.  In your relationships, the gross disservice is when your partner/spouse seemingly gets stuck in the BACK-BURNERS, huhuhu.

Isn't that a 'RECURRING REPEAT' [pardon for the intentional redundancy] but here's the thing.  How often we heard that the spouse/partner gets overlooked, gets relegated alongside the backdrops until the relationship hits its rough patches and its foundation starts to weaken until it crumbles down to the ground.  All because the partner has been pushed to the BACK-BURNER.  Before you know it, the flicker and the luster of the once super sweet relationship has dissipated in thin air.

Let's now swing over to the workplace.  At the start when a 'prized catch' gets onboarded, his value to the organization seems to be at an all-time high [and that always happens in the 'honeymoon period' anyway].  Then when that 'honeymoon period' is over, that 'prized catch' has lost his luster and he ends up in the BACK-BURNER.  What happens next?  As he gets less and lesser attention, he starts to look out in the job market again.  Poor dude.

Truth of the matter. It is human nature to end up in a vacuum-like situation when after all the frenzied attention that did abound, when that dreaded eerie silence creeps in, one realizes that probably, he's now part of the BACK-BURNER, NOT deserving of the premium presence, NOT worth the attention of the stakeholders.

But hey, let us NOT 'over-analyze' and 'over think' unless you are able to validate that your best days in your school, in your organization, in your relationship or even in your business, that those BEST DAYS are behind you because there is nothing left of you except your shadows as a BACK-BURNER.  But hey, ask me:  can you get a 'second wind', a 'second life', a 'second change' around?  Sure you can but you got to DIG DEEP into your bag of tricks ❗❗❗