What do you think of when you hear the term, “executive?” Perhaps a powerful business leader, or a senior level member in an organization. And while there are plenty of these type of high-profile executives around us, the reality is that each one of us is an executive at some level.
Ultimately, an executive is one who makes decisions and then sees that they are carried out. So, even if we don’t have the title of “executive,” all of us function in that capacity at one level or another—we all have decisions to make, and we have the responsibility for both the decisions themselves and the impact they have.
Perhaps it’s at our job, or around the house, or at the very least, in our own lives. We all have decisions to make, and those decisions matter. These decisions may affect primarily ourselves, or they may affect thousands of people. But in the end, we’re the ones responsible to make them, and to see that they are carried out.
And although few us may have the actual title, “executive,” all of us can benefit from realizing that we function in that role on many different levels. This realization can help us remember the important of the decisions we make, and the fact that we bear responsibility for them— just like every executive does.