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Not possible

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It’s not possible is a sentence that should always make you alert.

Certainly, somebody must have said it’s not possible for any of the things we today take for granted. It’s an easy way to safeguard someone’s own experience, to avoid facing possible shortcomings, to retain power.

And challenging it’s not possible does not mean that everything is possible. It just means that you are open to a different world and you are seeking a more thorough explanation about why that should not be achievable.

It’s the way of change.

The place with a view

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Awareness is the first step. But it is nothing without acceptance.

If you fight your awareness, if you want to suddenly change or persistently hide what you are aware of, then awareness is no good.

Embrace who you are, what you are given, your circumstances. Own all that and come to terms with it. From that place only you can see what’s next.

Like it or not

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The distinction between personal and professional is dated.

Not because you are supposed to work 80 hours per week, but because human beings do not have a siloed mind.

If you face personal challenges, you will struggle to shine at work. If you face professional challenges, you will most likely be distant and grumpy in your private life.

That’s a great reminder for leaders. You take charge of the full package, whether you like it or not. Better go at it intentionally then.

The committee

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All great marketing was challenged. At some point, by someone.

And so, if everybody likes what the marketing team produces, they are probably on the wrong track.

The truth is, you don’t know what is going to work or what will be great. So never have a committee preemptively trying to determine that.

Image from Marketoonist.

In any given moment

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If you are reading a book, do read.

If you are doing some work, do work.

If you are checking emails and social media, do check emails and social media.

If you are chatting with a friend, do chat with a friend.

If you are in a meeting, do be in the meeting.

The point is that you should commit to whatever it is that you are doing at any given moment. Mixing different activities at the same time is a sure way to get nervous, stressed, and eventually achieve nothing.