Tips on how to Run Towards the Battle
I’ve talked with many leaders who have been confused, indignant, and able to give up. Generally I say, “Well, isn’t this exciting.” My smile confuses them. Some disagree. Others assume I don’t get it.
Leaders run towards the battle, not away.
Compassion is evil when it short-circuits development. It’s essential to acknowledge painful conditions. “It sounds like you’re struggling.” However don’t cease there. Add, “This is your opportunity to grow.”
Perceived capability governs response. Confidence wavers once you doubt your self. You battle with confidence once you carried the burden previously.
Enhance your capability by pushing your limits.
Seneca on going through challenges:
“I want something to overcome, something on which I may test my endurance.”
Ease is boring.
Marcus Aurelius on going through adversity:
“The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.”
“If you are pained by any external thing, it is not this thing that disturbs you, but your own judgment about it.”
Run towards the battle:
Embrace the ache earlier than the harm devours you.
My physique resisted the chilly water at first. I discovered to calm down regardless of the discomfort. Lean in, not away. An previous Buddhist proverb says, “Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.” Resisting actuality multiplies struggling.
The battle is tough sufficient on their very own. Don’t waste power resisting it. Seneca stated, “It does not matter what you bear but how you bear it.”
Bruce Lee stated, “Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.” God by no means solutions a prayer for a straightforward life. Epictetus put it this fashion, “… they want the things which lead to happiness, but they look for them in the wrong place.”
The pains of battle diminish once you face them and multiply once you keep away from them.
What battles have elevated your capability?
Learn, Grit by Angela Duckworth.
Writer’s observe: Let’s talk about strategic retreat one other day.
