Mindset Mondays with DTK – Ep #109
Mindset Mondays with DTK – Ep #109 — Perspective check!Challenging times come in two flavors: chronic and acute. What's happening now, the upheaval due to COVID-19, is definitely acute. The change and the impact have been intense, far-reaching, and quick. But the external conditions, as real as they are, need not define your internal conditions.And that distinction brings to mind a quote from Mark Twain:"I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened."Yes, we are experiencing what the military terms a VUCA environment: volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous. Pretty easy to call that terrible. But is it really terrible?And, as we're just at the beginning of what is likely to become a period of chronic challenge, we have a choice of how to BE. Do we surrender to the "terrible" or do we look for the opportunity? So I ask you: What gifts are available right now? And going forward?Let's play with those ideas together on Monday…
Posted by David Taylor-Klaus on Monday, March 23, 2020
Episode 109 – Perspective check!
Challenging times come in two flavors: chronic and acute. What’s happening now, the upheaval due to COVID-19, is definitely acute. The change and the impact have been intense, far-reaching, and quick.
But the external conditions, as real as they are, need not define your internal conditions.
And that distinction brings to mind a quote from Mark Twain:
“I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.”
Yes, we are experiencing what the military terms a VUCA environment: volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous. Pretty easy to call that terrible. But is it really terrible?
And, as we’re just at the beginning of what is likely to become a period of chronic challenge, we have a choice of how to BE.
Do we surrender to the “terrible” or do we look for the opportunity?
So I ask you: What gifts are available right now?
And going forward?
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