Danti Shidomu
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Posted - 2008.12.05 13:43:00 -
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Hey mate, long writeup, but then of course SOD has had a long history with lots of variety in homes and friends.. I know that closing a corp you put allot of effort in is quite dreadful, but it happens, life is change and so things can never forever stay the same.
My experience with SOD is one of mixed feelings. I was the CEO of NCM, a corp that briefly entered the Aftermath alliance just before and during the assault of TRI on PANIC command in JU-.
Jav you basically took me into the alliance, made sure NCM got a chance to move onto .0 for the first time and had enough trust in me and NCM to gave it a try. Unfortunately things went downhill pretty quick, due to a forced absense on my part.
The mixed feelings I have, is actually reflected by the post of both you jav, and of Tarannus. Your writeup has the feeling of an endless struggle, trying hard, and in the end, not succeeding in anything worth of making you feel succesful.
This is.. in essence, how i experienced the time with SOD, and the alliance for that matter and just not because of the situation with TRI, this ran deeper then just a temporal situation.
This was a basic attitude that is adherent to the unavoidable problems of leadership. The atmosphere became ¦cold¦ because of this, probably with warm moments, sure, undoubtedly, but the overall character was cold.
The biggest obstacle of any leader, is to overcome the feeling of struggling with problems and to reflect enjoyment rather than struggling onto your fellow pilots. To reflect the struggle, that is clearly present in this writeup, onto your pilots, is to in essence the downfall that makes it unable for a corporation to feel succesfull. My ingame skills are, as you noticed back in the day, not worth mentioning, but i¦d like to think that i do have a sense on leadership.
I believe this to be the cause of your corporate problems that forced you to lay your weapons down.. And i give you this information with the hopes that your next project.. your next investment, will become one of a better character, because as time moves on, we better strive to become better ourselves..
On an ending note, i'd like to link to a topic i made in general discussion, where I argue that the sense of accomplishment that eve can provide is just as real as any kind of accomplishment. Perhaps, it can sooth the transition to know that the memories of SOD were, and are, worth worth remembering no matter the opinions of others.
Good luck with all of your future projects.. i¦m sure, that once your spirits are back, they will be full of enjoyment and .. this time, a true sense of joyous accomplishment.
It's just a game, right?
-Danti
ex-CEO of New Career Move.. (closed)
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"It is during times of peril that a team must stick together to survive.
And it is during times of peace, that such peril must be sought." - Danti Shidomu, on NCM. |