Alarm Bells

I have just finished reading a Leadership article. In it, the author describes a time he had settled into his hotel room after a conference, sitting on the bed, having a few beers and watching a comedy. As is often the case, just in his underwear. When the hotel alarm started going. For a split second he contemplated putting on warmer clothes and checking what was happening, instead he allowed himself to stay, watching the telly. A few minutes went by, when he was started by banging on the door and someone yelling for him to get out.

As he stood on the footpath, with other guests, still in his underwear and shivering, he mused to himself that if he had acted originally, he would indeed be warmer and more conservative as he waited to be given the all-clear to re-enter.

When he got back into his apartment, he wondered why he had chosen to ignore the alarm bell. He started to think about what other alarm bells he was missing in both his personal life and career.

What Alarm Bells are you ignoring? The breathlessness that comes after walking up the stairs? The tightness of your clothing? The alarming headache of a morning?? The lack of energy? Isn't it time you stopped ignoring those alarm bells and do something about it?