We are human and it takes something cracking us open to be present sometimes – or to really get something. It’s not about being present every moment. That is not realistic. It’s more about doing it more and recovering more quickly when we find ourselves not present, zoning out or hiding from what is really happening.
The greatest tragedy is that we often miss the beauty that is around us in all ways everyday. Usually this awakening happens through our connections or disconnections – relationships – with one another.
A friend of mine is running her own business and trying to juggle it this week while spending time with her father in his last days as he lay in the hospital gravely ill. She captures this awakening so brilliantly on her blog.
Thank you Liz for helping us all have a moment of pause.
What is your moment of pause today? I am looking out my window appreciating the brilliant blue of the sky and early green buds of spring. Heaven on earth. As I sit here at my computer, it helps me feel more connected to nature.
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Friday, April 30, 2010
Thursday, April 29, 2010
The Sage Leader Questions What You HAVE To Do
“You do what you have to do…” I heard it again this morning.
Says who? Who says you HAVE to do something? What DO you Have to do? Who decides?
I find that this is a pervasive paradigm that I hear multiple times a day from:
•An executive who is working globally taking calls at 5 am, 10 am, 1 pm, 6 pm and 11 pm AND managing meetings and emails inbetween.
•A working Mom who says she doesn’t have more quality time with her kids.
•A mid-career professional who “can’t get a job” in their field and takes something way below skill level to “get by.”
The language is limiting, not-strategic, and defeatist and energy-draining. It negates the notion of choice and control. I haven’t been living in a cave the last couple of years – I am aware of the economic downturn, the global political climate, the environmental crisis – should I go on?
The key question that a sage leader asks is – what do I REALLY NEED to do to achieve my goals? Where do I have choices? What are the choices? What kind of focus and discipline do I need to stick to my choices?
The sage leader stays in the space of proactivity versus reactitivity – especially in times of uncertainty and crisis. Often a shift really comes down to going back to basics: delegate, being willing to let go and not trying to do everything – and all at once. What is the one thing that will reset your view – What DO you WANT to do?
Why? What will it get you?
© Copyright 2010 Sage Leadership Strategies, LLC All rights reserved
Says who? Who says you HAVE to do something? What DO you Have to do? Who decides?
I find that this is a pervasive paradigm that I hear multiple times a day from:
•An executive who is working globally taking calls at 5 am, 10 am, 1 pm, 6 pm and 11 pm AND managing meetings and emails inbetween.
•A working Mom who says she doesn’t have more quality time with her kids.
•A mid-career professional who “can’t get a job” in their field and takes something way below skill level to “get by.”
The language is limiting, not-strategic, and defeatist and energy-draining. It negates the notion of choice and control. I haven’t been living in a cave the last couple of years – I am aware of the economic downturn, the global political climate, the environmental crisis – should I go on?
The key question that a sage leader asks is – what do I REALLY NEED to do to achieve my goals? Where do I have choices? What are the choices? What kind of focus and discipline do I need to stick to my choices?
The sage leader stays in the space of proactivity versus reactitivity – especially in times of uncertainty and crisis. Often a shift really comes down to going back to basics: delegate, being willing to let go and not trying to do everything – and all at once. What is the one thing that will reset your view – What DO you WANT to do?
Why? What will it get you?
© Copyright 2010 Sage Leadership Strategies, LLC All rights reserved
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