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As lockdown guidance lessens in many countries, we are tentatively venturing back to the old normal or forwards toward a new normal. It’s as if we’re learning to swim again, having tread water for many weeks. So, if the waiting is almost over… have you considered what have you been waiting for?
What do you want? Really want? It is likely that you now feel differently about what you do and how you do it. I have been experiencing a tumultuous range of emotions and thoughts regarding what lies ahead as I (peacefully) accept the changes that are already here. Some fill me with concern, others with happiness and hope. Do you find yourself eagerly, desperately or worryingly contemplating this transition towards a “new normal”?
Are you missing your regulators, those cues and that body language that enable you to adjust your responses and the gestures that convey feedback?
To differing extents, you derive important connection-enhancing, energy-lifting information from your human interactions and, whilst you, hopefully, remain connected there is a distinct difference which can leave gaps, of which you may initially have not been aware.
Are you up for exploring new levels of focus and personal productivity?
With ‘stay at home’ changing how many of us go about our work, your Monday to Friday routines and habits have
almost certainly ceased, slowly (and possibly unconsciously) being replaced by new routines as you learn how to be at your best at your home work stations.
You have now been presented with a perfect opportunity to heighten your awareness! You can evaluate what stays,
what goes and what new routines to adopt to enhance your energy levels, your impact, your attitude and your everyday performance.
For those of us working in a form or quarantine, we may be experiencing new thoughts, feelings and moods as our everyday drive to action and choices have changed. But perhaps gaps (and possibly potential moments of stillness) are appearing in your days? Our everyday drive to action and choices have changed, maybe forever. Are new opportunities arising as some old familiar challenges are no longer prevalent or relevant?
Absolute implies conclusion, the end, no more discussion, complete. Any absolute expression eliminates further creative thought and closes off wiggle room or increases the resistance to change or alteration. What absolute terms show up in your language?
The words you use make up a significant element of the impact you have on others, on what you cause. But in this simple note I specifically want to alert you to the effect they have on you, on the thoughts that follow (or rather, don’t).
As a “Simple Noter” you will often have read my work pointed at shifting life and work emphasis. This week I have been in dialogue with clients on potential culture and performance changing projects that are demanding more and more from them. How do you ensure you can maintain or increase acceleration? Fear not - youre not alone!
The potential of your leadership power exists whether you work alone or managing a team of hundreds. The world’s most successful leaders and the leaders for whom you may have worked and experienced the strongest urge to follow, will be followers of something greater than them. What is you passion? What do you and your leadership stand for?
