The world is in the most difficult and dangerous time in the past 100 years. Here are 10 lessons to help you lead and serve brilliantly amidst the chaos. I hope they help!
1. Dark times are when real leaders emerge. Keep asking: “how can I use the mess to create more value for others?”
2. When in fear, don’t blame—or complain. Look within and observe your fear. Befriend it and work with it to release it. Meditation and journaling will help you here. As you process through the fear, it will dissolve. Leaving you greater. Forever. In this way, all the uncertainty of this era becomes a tool for your rise.
3. As the majority grows more scared, become more kind.
4. Suffering is a giant source of creativity. Don’t stand stuck. Exploit this time to innovate. Question your winning formula and venture into blue oceans of striking possibility.
5. Protect your energy. Watch the news but don’t become obsessed with the news. Gain information to help you navigate the storms and analyze data to help you predict the future. Yet don’t allow it to bring you down. People count on you.
6. Keep perspective. Society moves through cycles. Breakthroughs require breakdowns. The geopolitical and economic dangerousness has happened before—many times. I don’t like the way so many pundits call all of this “unprecedented.” It not only gets boring. It’s happened before. And we all got through it.
7. Stay optimistic. Better days are definitely ahead. I think we’ll be in the mess for a while—I must always be honest with you. Having said this, know and trust fantastic times will come. The dark will pass. The light will appear. And it will be bright.
8. Get even fitter. Work on your thinking. Feed your emotional life. Run or bike or walk. Put your feet on some grass. Or in some soil. Help someone in need. Rest. Stay healthy.
9. Read for an hour each evening. Study history to understand the future. Listen to smart podcasts and consume audiobooks while you bike, walk and do your grocery shopping.
10. Push more magic into the marketplace. Even in economic depressions, fortunes are made. Upgrade your dedication to mastery of your craft. Cause people to live better and you’ll do better. Even when your competitors are falling.
I could write 100 more of these lessons for you (based on the content I’m sharing in my leadership keynotes and mentoring work with the organizations who engage me to help them win in this turbulent age).
Yet, please simply study, discuss and deliver on the 10 above. They will serve you and your team well.
And, if you’d like to significantly increase your creativity and productivity between now and December so you end this year super strong, I enthusiastically encourage you to invest in a membership in my value-rich online course, HabitCamp. Here are the details.
Ok. Hope all this helps you prosper in this weird era we’ve found ourselves in.
Love + respect.