One of the most useful concepts — for anyone, really, but especially for change agents because we so often find ourselves spinning our wheels — comes from Stephen Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. This is the distinction between our circle of influence vs our circle of concern. My circle of concern might […]
I don’t care how many times you’ve fallen off the horse. What matters to me is your willingness to continually get back on. […]
(Inspired my my late friend and mentor, Joe Dominguez.) A tree does not agonize over the decision “shall I put my branch here or here.” What decisions are sapping more of your energy than you need to allow? There are certain decisions over which we simply don’t need to agonize. […]
What happens when you see yourself at the bottom of your game? I don’t care if you’re at the top or the bottom. You still have two directions to choose from. And I don’t care how many times you fall off the horse. All I care about is that you keep getting on the horse. […]
Rather than too much conflict, an even greater problem in the world is the widespread avoidance of conflict. We’re just not good at conflict. So we avoid it, which in many cases creates more conflict. Underneath our conflict-avoidant compulsion is usually a universal need for harmony, along with needs for ease and conservation of energy. […]