Some general thoughts about our country and surrounding the election.

Pulled out of the funk from the last two weeks. Answering a cool conversation asking how I went about it and what was my process. 

Also, talking a little about Mindfulness and Resiliency

Poem: "The Prophet" ~Kahlil Gilbran
Book: "Man's Search for Meaning" ~Viktor Frankl

Having a hard time recharging and finding drive the past few days. Just talking aloud to myself to increase the awareness of the landscape I'm working in to better leverage navigate through it.

No alarms. Just good to let it out so it doesn't fester.

 

Talking through the purpose, design, and intended experience for the last challenge we undertook. I was surprised, not disappointed, and still not quite satisfied. But still also full of self respect for the accomplishment.

I was able to concentrate deliberately on putting into practice the 'Left Hand'. A sort of post offering validation. I've used it specifically and purposefully now on the Western States 100m and this little 100H 250m. 

A short conversation of Diesel Day and what the event I host is about; without spilling the magic.

Then the conversation turned into my next big events but with some dialogue on why and what I'm looking for out of myself.

I was fortunate to be able to spend a quick 30 min on a call with Dave Colina; founder and CEO of O2 Recovery, and hear how he wrestles with a handful of the same things I do; both personally and professionally. Maybe nothing was novel, but the way he expressed and synthesized his thoughts resonated.

Sometimes Leaders need to be innovators, ideators, and directors of planning. And sometimes they need to realize that this has a cascading effect on subordinates/ peers/ themselves that creates more and more tasks which build up more and more pressure/ stress and ultimately consumes more and more time. The end result? More to do with less time to do it.

Simply put, Leaders balance driving vision with setting conditions for turning vision into action.

Imagine your Identity as three circles in a Ven Diagram; Who You Want to Be, Who You Think You Are, and Who Others Think You Are. The intersection in the center would represent the greatest approximation of your Identity.

I got caught up this week spending time thinking about how others think of me as I found myself looking at a few people and starting to become critical in how they are stuck on always having to over identify with something. Or at least the appearance of such is so from my point of view.

I started the episode absolutely lost and absent, but just needed to get into it. What came out was on the spot self talk on getting through a 'moment'.

Just getting off a great hunting trip in MT with amazing people and feeling renewed in spirit and humanity to being reconnected to the word and absolute disgust.

What is going on!?

I'm finding that sometimes (unwittingly) our self awareness is what holds us back or provides excuses.

It's the same as labels or stereotypes having an affect on us to only be just that. Except it is something we do to ourselves due to experiences and self awareness.

Stop reinforcing who you are for the sake of who you are?