When Your A Game Turns to B
I’m recuperating from surgery. Typically this is not a big deal. I’m one of those people who can snap right out of it. But for some reason this surgery was different, and for the last several weeks my A game has become a B game. And it makes me nervous. After all, I’ve got an office, a staff, and clients who all need me to be on my A game. Spend too much time on your B game and it can wreak havoc on your business. Clients depend on me. I have to feel great in order to think great. Clients tend to be demanding and rightfully so, when they’re paying you money.
After two weeks, I finally made a call to the surgeon’s office in the hope that they would tell me something breakthrough. After all, it was now two and half weeks since my stomach met the scalpel. And I am a great surgical patient. Hell, I was back at work two days after they removed my gall bladder and baking cookies after 48 hours of bidding adieu to my uterus. Something had to be terribly wrong. There wasn’t one more minute to waste. I have to get back to my A game. I spent at least ten minutes answering questions from a very polite nurse. I tried to convey my frustrations and concerns – in the very nicest way I knew how. And what I got back was this: “Well you’re older now and every surgery is different. The doctor will be in tomorrow and I’ll speak to him and get back to you”. I thanked her for her time. Even apologized for taking up her time. They never called me back. Which leads me to think that this surgeon’s office is on their B game. But, I doubt he’ll lose any sleep – or business over it.