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Patience is Key
It takes discipline to not focus on
layers of doubt and fear, and to instead
search our horizon for new levels of
power and potential. But think about
it. Would your team rather you bring
doubt and fear to the table or power
and potential? And what would you
choose to represent who you are? Do
we affix our sights on the layers vs. the
litter?
The discipline to focus on our
strengths is embedded in patience
with ourselves to slowly peel off the
many layers in order to find ourselves.
If we resist and are impatient, then
the peeling becomes a task and not a
process. A task is something dreaded,
while a process sees the finish line.
Process defines goals and mileposts to
reach those goals. But how do we shift
from task orientation to living freely
through process?
The construction of our layers means
that we should embrace the saying,
“bless the struggle.” When I’ve been
patient enough and allowed the
process to take center stage in my
life, I’ve learned that struggle invites
me to stay the course, to straddle
my stance, and to let a particular life
lesson do its work in my life. These
lessons strengthen me against life’s
monstrous winds, its abnormally
high tides and its grueling
discomfort. In large part, my attitude
has everything to do with my
perspective—whether I’m focused
on blessing the struggle or damning
the struggle.
A Work in Progress
Attitude is everything. That’s why we
can never afford to have a negative
thought. You may have heard the
saying, “garbage in, garbage out.”
When we feed negativity into our
mind, then eventually we’ll see it
displayed in our actions. A negative
mindset is poison to our team. Most
importantly, it keeps us bogged
down and instead of constructing a
healthy layer, we see the litter.
We become whole by having the
courage to revisit and embrace all
the layers of our lives. By denying
none of them, we’re finally able to
say, “Yes, all of this is me, and all of
this has helped make me who I am.”
We can look at all the layers together
and see the beauty of the whole. We
are a work in progress, clinging to
the hope of changing for the better
and with a mindset to live in the
layers, not in the litter. J
Carol Brooks, SR/WA, is owner of Cornerstone
Management Skills and a well-renown author
and lecturer. With 20 years experience in right
of way, she is an IRWA CLIMB Certified Lead
Instructor and served four years as Vice-Chair of the Partnership for Infrastructure
Professional Education. © 2019 Carol Brooks.
Visit www.CornerstoneManagementSkills.com.
