All tagged development
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.
Leaps challenge us, stretch us, grow us, mold us. They inspire us, frighten us, cause us to become something beyond our current self. The leap you're eyeing, the challenge you're considering, it will be worth taking if infused with intentionality along the way.
What awaits on the other side? Only you can know that answer, and it's always waiting to be discovered.
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.
Can you imagine trying to build a house without tools? Similarly, developing self-awareness without a toolkit is an intimidating feat. Having a trusted toolkit we can go to in times of need or assistance is a vital part of the journey in growing self-awareness.
And now that we have learned a bit of the process, it's time we learn about the tools to help us on our way.
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.
Inner Dialogue—It’s over.… your life, that is. Well, at least it seems that way. It definitely feels that way. But you are still breathing and consciously aware of these thoughts. Yet, somehow, it all seems surreal, almost as if real life isn’t that real.
How did you get to here? How did you manage to come to this dead-end? And why?
Hot showers are great. It’s virtually a universal truth - a part of life we can all agree on. There’s just something about the simple pleasure of standing under a stream of warm steamy water that brings us joy and comfort in life.
… Maybe that’s why we like it so much: because it’s so un-like life.
What is true mastery? And how does one achieve it? It is safe to say these questions have been asked and pursued for as long as competitive sports or competitive careers have been around. Countless books have been written on this topic, each giving their own take on what this "formula" might be.
Now it's my turn.
