In a churning world, no-one knows what will happen next. A fire or flood might devastate your town. A computer program might pass the entrance tests for some of the world’s best law schools, business schools, and medical schools. An unknown virus might close down the world economy for two years.
In a churning world, the only thing we can know for certain is that the future cannot be predicted — and all ways forward are likely to be difficult.
This means that what drives success in a churning world is no longer the ability to predict what is going to happen or repeat what worked well in the past. What drives success in a churning world is the ability to keep going, no matter what happens.
The best way to do that is by finding the way forward that most inspires us.
Because when we find what we love then we wake up every morning, longing to do what needs to be done.
In a churning world, who inspires wins.
How inspired do you and the people around you feel about the goals you are currently working towards? What would happen if you, or they, felt more inspired about those goals? What would happen if you or the people around you suddenly discovered other goals that inspired you or them more?
Adapted from Inner Leadership: a framework and tools for building inspiration in times of change.
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