We can all agree that plans are meant to be broken. We’re not meant to follow them to the letter, they are guides, ideas, paths, suggestions on how we want to get there. Some steps were good ideas at the beginning, but at the end are now irrelevant and would be time wasters. We know this when we’re in the middle of this, when everything is changing and the plan has to adjust – we…
Don’t look. Don’t over think it. Jump. Far. Wide. Away. And figure it out when you land. You’ll be okay, it’ll all work out and you’ll be better off for it.
Instead of thinking about what’s Next, what you should have done better or what others are doing, put your feet up. Laugh at what went right. Smile at what went wrong. Appreciate how far you’ve come and what you delivered. Pat each other on the back for a job well done. There will be many, many, many more moments to think about all those other questions. For now, enjoy it and even more, encourage everyone…
You can Ignore it. You can Hide it. You can do nothing about it. Or you can confront it head on and change it. The same applies to your team. You can Ignore it. You can Hide it. You can do nothing about it. Or you can confront them about it, reassure them it’s okay and help them figure a way out of it. That’s what Leaders do.
The path you are on now is not where you will end up. It will diverge. It will twist. It will turn. You will come out stronger because of it. And you will not foresee it coming. Relax. Breathe. Enjoy the ride.