This time of change is bringing us opportunities as well as problems. But even when we know how to find those opportunities, the uncertainty of a changing world means that we can still feel unsure about how best to move forward.
There are three main reasons why this happens. And the second reason is when we don’t know who or what we want to become.
If you don’t know where you want to get to, all ways forward will seem equally relevant.
Several of the tools of Inner Leadership help us to build more clarity around where we most want to get to, who we most want to become:
- The tools of Chapter 1 enable us to centre, ground, and deepen our connection with who we are and what matters most to us.
- The tools of Chapters 2 and 3 provide tools that help us to make clearer sense of the situation and identify more alternatives for action. This bring more clarity about what most inspires us and what we most want to avoid.
- Chapter 5 uncovers our purpose and values. Making these things conscious brings us long-term guidance and direction in any situation.
- Chapter 6 enables us to explore and articulate what most inspires us.
- And the tools of Chapter 4 explicitly help us to define the future we most want to create.
In this time of churning, all ways forward are uncertain and are likely to seem difficult. Knowing more clearly who we want to become will help us to choose which path to take and will bring us the inspiration needed to take us there.
Both these things are another step towards becoming antifragile.
Have you ever struggled to choose the best way forward? Was it because you weren’t clear who you ultimately wanted to become or which direction would take you there? Did you lack the inspiration you needed to take you there? Do you want to give yourself that clarity and inspiration now?
Adapted from Inner Leadership: a framework and tools for building inspiration in times of change.
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