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Expect resistance. Resistance is not a sign you’re going wrong. It’s a sign you’re growing. Trees grow strongest where wind blows hardest. The parts of you that resist are the parts most in need of transformation. Love them anyway. Grow anyway.
— Steve Martin, Instructions for Becoming
Steve here is talking about the kind of interior resistance you experience when you’re trying to grow as a person.
It’s really hard to tackle these, because it’s easy to avoid growth by saying, “that’s just who I am.” Yes, you may find it difficult to grow a third arm. But that’s not what we’re talking about.
This is about growing into the kind of person that you want to be. That you know would bring fulfillment.
Read the rest of this entry »We never have enough time to get everything done.
So things get dropped, done incompletely, or come in late. The alternative is to burn yourself out with overwork, but the result of that is that work increases until you’re well beyond capacity.
Your health, family, and life pay the price.
Read the rest of this entry »It’s all so unfair! This shouldn’t happen!
You may be absolutely right. But if you’re stuck in this state of frustration, you’ll never move on to useful progress.
Life is unfair, my friend. Business is unfair.
Read the rest of this entry »I’ve made plenty of mistakes and missed opportunities.
That’s a fact of life: everything doesn’t go perfectly. Whether I have a plan or not, there are things which disappoint me.
But this is also what creates the opportunity for joy and fulfillment.
Read the rest of this entry »It’s a new year, fresh with possibilities! Let’s go team!
But you might be battling against winter blahs, uncertain economy, or still reeling from the craziness of the holiday season.
It can be hard to get people energized in that situation. But as a leader, it’s part of your job to be a cheerleader.
Read the rest of this entry »I have an appointment set up, then sit in the coffee shop for half an hour wondering why they didn’t show.
Did I write it down wrong? Did they decide I’m a jerk? Were they turned off by that email I sent yesterday?
The truth is that it’s never about me. People have lives and distractions. And to be honest, I’m not the most important part of their life.
Read the rest of this entry »There’s a lot to worry about in the world today. And it seems that media and social media are designed to magnify that worry.
But the truth is that you have a choice here.
After all, there are a billion things you DON’T worry about. Because you don’t even know they exist, and they don’t affect you.
Read the rest of this entry »Humans are amazing pattern matching machines!
We especially focus on anything which makes us feel endangered – our reptilian brain takes over before we even notice it’s happening. Or can think through it.
But why is that a problem?
Read the rest of this entry »Any time I see a “proposal” or “recommendation”, I cringe a little.
The problem is that this almost always entails adding work into whatever system we’re talking about. Want to improve marketing? Add more money, more people, more work. We should start this valuable program? More money, more work, more time.
That’s how we get overloaded.
Read the rest of this entry »We are in a time of preparation before the year-end holidays.
When I was a child, I could never wait for the excitement. School holidays, new snow, Christmas gifts, meeting up with family … the anticipation was almost too much to bear!
I’ve had to learn a bit of patience. But this also applies to business and my various volunteering roles.
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