Three Minute Leadership: Blow It Up: Begin Again
Early Release: For Sunday, October 30 – In Case the Power Goes Out
To: The Great Leaders Who Have a Passion for Continuous Learning
“And when we achieve the outer edge of any of our abilities, we do what comes naturally: we keep moving into the next” writes Tracy Saville in her article, Blow It Up: Begin Again. This is one of the great challenges all great leaders face throughout their professional and personal life: hitting their “proverbial glass ceiling of creativity.” Their continuous innovation – new ideas, new solutions, new possibilities – all of a sudden come to a point of apparent exhaustion. So what do they do? Saville’s response is: “Blow it up and start over.” There is a secret.
“And this is the simplest secret of all: we can rest, we can lay down our efforts for a time, we can do over, start over – again and again it seems – and we can re-charge our batteries using a different fuel source than before. We can because we must. This how we find the courage and inspiration to move forward. The discipline it takes to be comfortable with a life spent in constant change and evolution is the discipline hallmark of every great leader and great achiever.”
John Gardner, author and former Secretary of Health Education and Welfare, wrote: “Self-renewal is possible if we don’t lose our capacity to learn and grow. But renewal…depends in some measure on motivation, commitment, conviction, the values men live by, the things that give meaning to their lives”. When you feel you are getting to the outer edge or your abilities, pause and rest. Blow it up, and begin again. Look beyond the outer edge and find your life’s endless possibilities and beauty. And have fun doing it.
Have a beautiful day and an incredible week!!!
Mike