A plan for your worldview
by Miki SaxonPost from Leadership Turn Image credit: http://www.larevuedurable.com/
“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects the wind; the realist adjusts the sails” — Anonymous
I love this quote and would love to know who really said it.
I’ve been telling people for years that no matter how much they want to change something and how hard they’re willing to work to do it they still need to deal with the reality of now.
There are many things that I disagree with or plain don’t like in the world I inhabit, but I have no magic wand to wave to change them, nor do I have the energy to fight for all of them.
I choose my battles and work to change the ones that are most important to my MAP.
I teach myself to function within the existing reality because railing against them merely wastes my energy, while ignoring the important (to me) ones offends my psyche.
How do you handle your world?
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May 13th, 2008 at 9:23 am
Who jumps ship? (Or maybe, when/how do you decide to jump ship to preserve yourself and some of those around you?)
I dream big and then I face reality. Life settles in around that. Goals get redefined or reprioritized as I determine the amount of energy I have available to apply to them and look (hope and guess) at the energy of those around me and see where they’re trying to apply their energy.
I’m learning (slowly, but surely) that changing the immediate goal to something many are focused on will lead to future success in my other goals.
May 13th, 2008 at 9:39 am
Hi Luke, I’ve missed you:)
Seems that you’ve found a smart solution to a life-long vexing problem. Congratulations on doing it so soon!