Don’t work for people you don’t want to become. (cit. Shane Parris)
Also, don’t date, don’t hang out with, don’t support people you don’t want to become. Those in our circles set the tone for the environment we live in. We have values and principles we aim to stick to, and we are better off when the people we invite on the journey aim to stick to them as well.
Find the examples, foster the relationships, and treasure the opportunities.
Those are the connections that make it all worth it.
Changing the way you see the world is not a sign of weakness.
Change is hard, complaining is easy.
That’s why we default to the latter when things get tough. For as much as we are unsatisfied with the current situation, it is a situation we know, we are familiar with, we understand. By complaining, we keep it under some sort of control and we normalize it.
Complaining is not bad per se. It can help us look inside and understand what it is we do not like. Of course, the problem starts when complaining becomes a constant state. We complain about work, the boss, about our relationships, the kids, our friends, our family, the government. That’s when we need to find the courage to get out of the comfortable spiral and actually do change.
It usually goes, change yourself first, then try to change the situation.
Not the other way around.
When you create something, some will not like it.
When you share an idea, some will find it impractical.
When you launch a project, some will say it will never work.
When you have a solution, some will argue it’s not the right one.
When you find a problem, some will say they can live with it.
Of course, the point has never been to have everybody agree. The point is doing something that feels right, and doing it consistently and continuously enough, so that others can find it and come on board.
Good and bad things happen at all times, all the time.
We just need to focus our attention on those that make us feel fine.
Simple, not easy.
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