Find the strength to cherish both the highs and the lows. One would not be possible without the other, and they both have lessons to teach about who you are.
Tag: empathy
Addressing change
No matter what the current situation is, nobody likes change.
Your unique and innovative idea will be pointless if you fail to address this basic human fact.
What is wrong?
How many of the things we call our flaws, of the traits we don’t like about us, of the behaviors we want to hide, are such because we are in the wrong situation?
Are we really afraid of speaking in front of an audience, or is it because we have always spoken in front of the wrong audience?
Should we call ourselves temperamental, or is it because nobody has ever took a minute to explain what was happening?
Do we really reject close relationships, or is it because the people we have been close to have hurt us deeply?
Are you wrong, or is the situation wrong?
Should you change yourself, or should you change the people you are with, the things you are doing, the place you call home?
Always work on yourself.
And figuring out what is wrong is part of the process.
Inescapable
You might be able to achieve something average by putting in some average work. But to achieve something extraordinary you need to step out of your comfort zone. And that means you will feel discomfort, uneasiness, resistance, friction, awkwardness, and a whole lot of other not so pleasant things.
“Easy” and “talent” are stories sold by those who have already made it – to explain the unexplainable – or by those who have watched others make it – to keep their own chances up.
If you are in the process instead, you know that the simple rule is true and inescapable.
Screech
Complaining is a signal that something is bothering us, that something is not working, that something is not as it should be.
And complaining about that one thing should be an activity that is limited in time.
When it’s protracted, it becomes inertia at best, negligence and misconduct in the worst cases.
Taken to the extreme, complaining will become part of a community’s culture. So much so that the object does not matter anymore, and one complains just as a way to fit in and distract.
That’s the danger with many teams.
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