All tagged growth
If we want to develop a healthier relationship with growth, we need to see as clearly as possible what growth is and what it isn't. We need our instinctive assumptions to shift, and we need some illustrations to help us understand why in a more relatable way.
In what's becoming somewhat of an annual tradition of mine, I recently wrote a blog out of my post-birthday reflections, marking another signpost on this continuous journey of living with intention in the tension.
Read more of my thoughts on golf and life, as I make the turn and head toward the back nine.
In a world where we’ve substituted lived experiences for seen experiences, exchanging real-life interactions for online-consumerism.
Our prerogative is to turn the tide and redirect the energy towards cultivating, fostering, and developing more individuals of depth, more people who are like the iceberg and less like the socially curated feed.
Engaging means we loosen our grip on our current embeddedness (or entrenchment), in order to make space for the other perspective at the table. It means we are able to open our minds to truly listen, not focusing on what parts of our own position we need to defend. It means we make every effort to try and see the world through the eyes of the other, and see the deeper reality beneath what words the other is saying.
What is it about golf and leadership and life? Why are they all so intertwined? It's a game of focus more than fortitude … pace more than exertion. A game with wave-like emotions rising and falling like the ebb and flow of the tide. A game where each part of your mind, body, and soul are stretched in their own way.
It's a game of endless learning … and so too is life.
Self-awareness isn't some state of perfection acquired only by the enlightened gurus. It is knowing yourself well enough that you can lead yourself down the path that is best for you, and those around you.
Self-awareness revolves around the idea of integrity: of being the person you say you are or the person you are striving to be.
The ultimate goal is to become addicted to the right things, to the things that produce health, joy, and happiness for us and those around us.
If we are to be successful at changing our ways, at becoming addicted to the right things, at developing discipline around our choices and actions, we must begin with a baby step, not some giant leap.
What feels good about making a judgment? It makes us feel protected. It makes us feel in the right. It makes us feel better-than. It makes us more secure in our own beliefs. The question I’ve been pondering is: What would our society be like if we made less judgments and more observations? Before we get there, let’s try to unpack our propensity toward judgment...
You can change. No, I’m serious. You really can. But why don’t you? Why don’t we? . The struggle to change is a human dilemma that every individual faces to one degree or another.
And guess what? We are all capable. We can all be catalysts for the change we wish to be. You are the placebo. You don’t just hold the key, you are the key.
Positive emotions can literally pay dividends. They emit intangible dividends that can add up, over time, into incredible sums of personal resourcefulness. The best case scenario is to build your resourcefulness while also growing your personal resources.
… so how do we do that? The answer might be easier than you’d expect.
The idea behind “word of the year” follows a parallel path to New Year’s Resolutions.
While, New Year’s Resolutions typically have a very low follow-through rate, choosing a single word is much easier to hold onto throughout the entire year and allows for interpretation to morph as you experience life.
Simply put, breathing is the base source of life. Without it, we don’t stand a chance. When we no longer breathe in oxygen, there won’t be enough oxygen in the bloodstream for the vital organs, and the result will ultimately be death.
This is not a trivial part of life, but rather an essential element.
