Things would always change. There would never come a time when everything I thought should already be in place was in place.
If we were growing, then there would always be new colleagues to on-board, improved processes to be conceived and built, and new and better ways to market ourselves. My frustration came only from my interpretation of the situation.
This realization changed my world.
I no longer needed to impatiently rush through the next task or challenge in front of me, feeling annoyed that yet other chore or person was getting in the way of my real work. I was right where I needed to be. Tasks and people were no longer distractions to getting work done. They were the work, even if they did not appear to be on the surface.
For example, I came to see those seemingly un-work related conversations as the most important work I could be doing (and I discovered that people usually don’t respond well to being rushed through such conversations!)
This is what I know now: all the chaos, the difficulties, the mistakes, the people issues and challenges -these are the realities of organizational life. Doing them not as a means to an end, but rather, as the end in themselves, is the work of a master.
Consider how you might approach your next conversation or task with the mindset of a master. Consider also how you might coach others within your organization to do the same.
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