For people who like to go a little deeper, this short talk by Alan Watts explores some of the philosophy behind The Churning’s approach to Inner Leadership and becoming antifragile.
We are living through a time of change: the world we knew is disappearing fast and we don’t know what will take its place.
As Alan Watts describes, this can seem scary. And our natural response can then be to try to hold on to the past: to control people and things, to keep them as they used to be.
But everything is changing, all the time. And it always has and it always will. Which means that there is nothing solid to hold on to — and there never will be.
Realising this frees us to let go.
That brings us extra energy: the energy we had been using to try to hold on and control things.
And if we use that extra energy to define and create the future that inspires us most then that will bring us even more energy and inspiration to make it happen.
In this time of massive change, we cannot hold on to the past. But we can have a clear vision of the future we most want to create. And we can then inspire ourselves and other people to long to make it happen.
And by doing that, we give ourselves something solid to hold on to.
Are you trying to hold on to a world that has gone? Or are you enjoying building the world you most long to create?
Adapted from Inner Leadership: a framework and tools for building inspiration in times of change.
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