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Are you afraid of fear? Get UN afraid NOW!
Posted on March 23, 2009 | Filed Under Blog, Management Tips, Reviews
Fear sucks. It's responsible for more of my persoanl failures and keeps many people from not realizing their true potential. Some fear is good. Some is just plain unncessary and to me, has become an indicator that there's change a comin'!
How we react to that fear is often the decicing factor in whether the change will be a good change or a bad change…
Check out this article by Doug Sundheim from Clarity Consulting. Doug nails it on the head!
"The things we fear most in organizations — fluctuations, disturbances, imbalances — are the primary sources of creativity."
– Margaret J. Wheatley (author, organizational consultant)
Consider This:
One of the most misunderstood gifts that life gives a person or organization is a set of challenges. While rarely welcome, they serve the invaluable purpose of throwing you off of your game - usually when you need it most. They force you to stop - reflect - dig down - and get creative in order survive and thrive. You need challenges. They are the seeds of your greatest ideas.
The biggest mistake you can make when you come face-to-face with a challenge is to resist it. To beat yourself up for having gotten into the situation in the first place. When you do, you're putting your energy in the wrong place. Instead, get curious about how you got there. See it as an opportunity to learn and grow. Talk it out with others. Don't stay in your own head. Challenges themselves don't determine your quality of life - your relationship to them does.
Try This:
1. Think about something you're feeling bad about right now
2. When you think about this situation, what are you most afraid of?
3. Find someone to share your fears with. Make it someone you trust and who you can be honest with (This is an important step as your fears have a way of dissipating when they hit the light of day)
4. As you move past the fear, what do you see on the other side? (hint, your creative mind will re-engage and you'll begin to see possibilities that the fear was hiding)
5. Pursue those creative possibilities
6. Repeat frequently as new challenges arise
- Doug Sundheim
Doug Sundheim is an organizational consultant, author, & speaker. To learn more about his services visit him online at www.clarityconsulting.com
A New Beginning - God I Hope So!
Posted on January 20, 2009 | Filed Under Blog, Rants
So… today for the first time in 20 years we’ll have someone in the highest office of our Government that’s not a Bush or Clinton.
Will it make a difference – God I hope so! And I am optimistically hopeful too!
- He’s a Democrat taking over Republican regime. He told us during his campaign the problem was with Bush and the Government under Bush. OK… Now’s the time to prove it. If he proves that things really are better under a Democrat regime than he’ll be a hero! If we get more of the same; rising taxes, job losses at record highs, Big Business Bailouts with no accountability, Health Care stays in the crapper, Health Insurance premiums at an all time high, Health Insurance Big Wigs salaries at an all time high, (hmmm coincidence – I Don’t Think So!) etc.
If things stay as they are or get worse… He’ll be the biggest Loser! He will have let down all the people that he sold that a change to Democrats was what we needed.
- He said he was a “New Idea Guy” John McCain was old and outdated – Well – now’s the time to prove it. Let’s see some razzle-dazzle and not just the same old – same old.
- He is the first African American to be voted – by popular vote – to lead our nation. MAN! That's COOL! Does this mean we are finally a nation ready to be equal, ready to really believe that “ALL” men are created equal. Does it mean that we will get rid of elitist organizations that cater to only one income level, class, religion, or skin color? Do we finally get rid of organizations that cater and specifically are for only one class, religion. Or skin color?
I really do.
I have a dream that we will all really live in peace as one human race.
One people, happy to help everyone.
Obama is the first African American to land his seat in the White House. Maybe we should just call it “The Presidents House” now!
What happens if he does a worse job – GULP – than GW?
Will
I hope we never even have to think of that because he does such a remarkable, wonderful
job!
FYI - I like Barack Obama. I‘m neither a Republican nor a Democrat.
I really hope Obama is the “Peoples President”. I hope he never forgets who got him here. I hope he forgets dollar signs and remembers peace signs. I hope he never forgets that his job is to watch over us and represent us as individuals, never as groups, never as companies, never as just “the taxpayers”.
We ARE the People. We need to be represented!
Congratulations Mr. President, Yes You DID! Now… respectfully… get to work!