As we endure our 14th week in quarantine we are finding order without perfection. One thing is for sure:
Personal Strategy is as important as Collective Harmony.
Finding little wins helps and in every day we try to learn and evolve. We've gained hours once lost to commuting, we've learned to make silo-ed communication meaningful and it seems interpersonal disputes are no longer all-consuming.
Without in-person calamity, we are continually engaging with other human beings; some lift us up while others seek to project frustration. There are people who have always been better at working at their own pace where struggle has become commonplace in those who require more attention. Managers are losing the ability to look over employee shoulders so those who cannot trust will fail. Some things will never be fixed but we can focus on what we can control.
Mental Discipline
If you sit in your house for three months you are going to have good days and bad. The evolved attention to employee mental health will be amplified tenfold post-COVID. A lasting shift in how people are treated is coming like a tidal wave and employee empowerment will hit an all time high.
Is your company ready?
Are you ready?
Finding personal discipline will be the defining characteristic that separates highly successful people from those who struggle over the next 18 months. This will require an ability to take total personal accountability for your success while allowing others empathy. Individuals will be required to do twice as much with half the resources. Navigating fear of reduction will override any abundance of back patting. Those who are able to put the work in without expectation of reward will emerge with an enlightened approach to success.
Activist Mindset
As we struggle through a time of unimaginable disappointment, compassion is the only vehicle for progress. Most humans possess an inherent desire to help others but support may be a passive exercise. Assembly and volume can put the boat into the water but part of acknowledging the strife of others means allowing them to drive.
You don't have to march to learn about other people. Make time every day to learn something about someone different from you.
As if evolving your personal ideology in isolation is not challenging enough, you'll also have to commit to your own physical health.
You will need to...
1. Exercise 7 days a week
2. Eat Right
3. Sleep (at least) 8 hours an evening
4. Lay off the booze
5. Manage your susceptibility to disease contraction
When you commit to physical health, EVERYTHING gets easier!
Pray
Read
Interact with people who uplift you
Find sources of inspiration
Things will continue to be less than ideal for a great while. The discipline of navigating this segment of history will be something that stays with you forever.
Don't Forget to Remember,
Dave
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