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 easily 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.
And when we realise this, when we realise that there is nothing for us to hold on to, then it frees us to let go.
That letting go brings us extra energy: the energy we had been using to try to hold on and control things.
And we can use that extra energy to define and create the future that inspires us most.
And that will bring us even more energy and inspiration.
In this time of massive change, we cannot hold on to the past: no-one can. What we can do is have a clear vision of the future we most want to create and then inspire ourselves and other people to long to make that happen.
When we do that, then we finally give ourselves something solid to hold on to.
And we become antifragile: able to use change to become stronger and more valuable.
Are you holding on to a world that has gone? Or have you let go and are now enjoying creating the world you most want instead?
Adapted from Inner Leadership: a framework and tools for building inspiration in times of change.
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