What’s Your Secret?

This is a common team building exercise. Coworkers share something from their life that nobody knows, so that everybody becomes more comfortable with one another. In a meeting this morning we did that. The answers:

A: I used to spend 52 hours on the train to go home after school year. (From South India to Northern India. Yes. There is a place to sleep.)

Z: I was once on Romania National TV show about Romania folk dance. (Z is not from Romania.)

E: I lived in Iran until I was 5 years old. (E is from Europe)

T: I cannot drive a stick shift car.

S: My picture was on the front page of a newspaper, in a story about student protests.

J: I was an average student getting low grade (he has a Ph.D. in Physics)

D: I can throw football 70 yards and hit a golf ball 120 yards. (D has never played as a pro.)

Q: I was a radical student when I was in college, participating in many demonstrations.

A: I was a high school math and physics teacher for 6 months.

D: I protested the government many times when I was a student.

There were not really secrets. They are just interesting facts about each of us. Three people mentioned that they protested against their governments when they were students. Among them, I was probably the most radical one. Street demonstrations were illegal then and there, but I did that, and actually led during the first night. If you meet me today, do you still see that in me?

What is your secret?