Iconic Leadership Coaching Blog

Need book recommendations? I’ve just put together a few lists.

I’m okay when the going gets tough. I’m NOT okay when the going gets SLOW.

Declarations of Independence. Declarations of love. Declarations of change. But we forget we have the power to declare. We can make a statement and change what we see ahead for ourselves. This is a time for declaring our future.

What’s your myth? The myth is an oversimplified story that incorporates someone else’s morals and expectations. The Responsible One. The Strong Man. The Perfect Daughter. The Gifted One. The Man Who Can Handle Anything. The Child with Opportunity Gained Through Sacrifice of Others. Any of these sound familiar?

We’re living in an age of information. No matter what you’re looking for, there’s a YouTube video or a book or website that can answer questions, provide more data or instruction. For every question, there are specific answers out there with step-by-step instruction. Not knowing is a very vulnerable place to land in today’s world, so we like to jump into a solution as quickly as we can.

How are you managing? Are you able to be flexible to all the changes? Are you able to be a little more gentle and patient with yourself and all those around you? I haven’t been on that Gentle and Kind track this week.

The last two weeks have been full of change. All of my habits and routines were trashed, reworked, reworked again and abandoned. Days seemed longer if only to fit in more unpleasant news.

To make sense of our lives, we create stories. These stories can be passed down from our parents, they can be embellished by our own experiences and learning, they are informed by our values, our wins and losses.

What will COVID-19 mean for me and my family specifically? We don’t know. And it seems like new developments come to the surface everyday. Sure, everyone has a perspective. But we’re in a time of not knowing that’s a new place for most of us.

New challenges call for new action. But what if you’re relying on old maps? We have patterns we use to deal with uncertainty and stress in our lives. What are yours? How can they change?

Questions open opportunity. When we stop asking, we stop learning. Are we asking the questions that are creating strong teams? How can be become better askers…and better listeners?