Do you look forward to difficulties? I know I don’t. However, ‘Persistence and resilience only come from having been given the chance to work through difficult problems.’ (G.Tulley) Ok, and so what does that look like in everyday life? ‘Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.’ (N.Gingrich) That sounds like a lot of effort, and we may ask ourselves, is it really worth it? I say YES, because as we persevere, persist, and build resilience, we’ll find ourselves in the company of all the other successful people we admire.
Effort: Idea #496
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Authenticity: Idea #495
How can we grow our authenticity? One idea is to ‘Embrace honesty when you make mistakes. People respect leaders who openly admit when they are wrong and work to make things right. When you are willing to be vulnerable – accepting and learning from your mistakes and failures – you and your team can move forward. Authenticity doesn’t guarantee success, but inauthenticity guarantees failure.’ (J.Maxwell) How authentic are you willing to be today? It does make you vulnerable, but also much more valuable. It’s worth it in my opinion.
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Ponder: Idea #494
How much time do you take to stop and ponder? To think deeply about life? I know I could do more of this. But why, you may ask, and why is it so hard? A couple of ideas: I think sometimes I’m afraid to stop and think because I don’t want to think about the areas where I’m not doing what I should be doing. However, I believe a bigger reason is that we are so distracted – by the busyness of life, work, personal activities, and by all the digital info that we can access 24/7 that is all too often trivial entertainment. Why should we stop and think? Pondering on what has happened and what my plans and strategy are for the future helps to calm down anxiety as we see the big picture. Deep thinking also allows us to create meaningful plans and goals for the future. Stay tuned, more thoughts on how to ponder are coming up.
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