Time moves on, at the same pace it always has. For us humans, infinitesimal specks in the sweep of time and space, time had a different cadence in 2020, at times grindingly slow, at others, swooshing past faster than we could cope.
December’s here at last, and all eyes now turn eagerly, yet perhaps with some trepidation, towards 2021. No doubt you have completed your organisation’s plan and budget for 2020.
Many of us wish we could write off 2020. It has been a most tumultuous year, even for people like me, who try to view the glass as “full to overflowing, appearances to the contrary”.
Times of great uncertainty challenge our ability to be hopeful, yet call for us to keep hope alive. On the one hand, when we are in the abyss, it’s dark and difficult to see the way forward.
How mindful are you at work? To be mindful is to live in the present moment. That is hard enough to do on a meditation cushion, and in the stillness of the morning or evening, but even more so in the cut and thrust of a busy workday.
Even before the pandemic smashed into all 7.8 billion of us on this planet, there was an emerging buzz about a “new” technique that every leader had to do.
My January 16, 2020 blogpost had me in stitches as I packed for my 1-week vacation last week. I just couldn’t stop laughing. It was entitled: “Want to have a great 2020? Make sure to schedule your “ebb time” now!
Our world is quieter now – less traffic on the road and in the air, reduced economic activity, and a slower pace of life. On the other hand, people are in turmoil, with much inner noise and drama as they try to navigate the uncertainties each day brings as best they can.
Last week, I was speaking with a new LinkedIn connection. It was a “getting to know you call” – the virtual reality of coffee at Starbucks. She shared that she had successfully defended her doctoral thesis last year.
“The next 3-5 years will remind us that COVID-19 was the lightning before the thunder” * This sentence in a Fast Company article, reinforced a creepy feeling that this pandemic will be a longhaul adventure.
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