You Need Both, Embrace It ~ by Arnie Wohlgemut
There are a lot of things that happen in this world that are connected and cannot be separated.
“Your potential is revealed in the process. The process reveals your potential.”
Steven Furtick
About a year ago, a young man I know was looking to change employment. He clearly knew what he did not want. The position he currently held payed well, had growth potential, but it also had staffing and management responsibilities. Over time, knew that those responsibilities were not what he wanted.
Most often, an increase in pay also means an increase in responsibility.
Sometimes through our choices and experiences we get “both”. Similarly, they are things we want, until we do not like what came with it. We need to stop judging the experience the moment it happens.
- Progress attracts criticism – you will experience both.
- Willing to accept failure requires resilience. You cannot be resilient without failures – you need both.
- Struggle and hope. Without struggle you have no need for hope – embrace both.
Far to often we quit if we do not see what we thought should appear right away. Give it time to see what it is: something good or something else. It may be too soon to tell.
“The moment you stop resisting what is and start accepting the moment you’re in, all your perceived problems instantly start helping you.”
Sandy C. Newbigging
This pandemic may be difficult and continue to be hard in many areas of your life, but it may also be providing you an opportunity or clarity of purpose that you will celebrate in the future!
- Ideas and action are required for success – you need both.
- Management skills and leadership skills. To run your small business – you need both.
- Empathy and listening. Without listening, you will never be genuinely empathetic – you need both.
Some of your greatest successes could be the fruit of your failures. Remember that pursuing your purpose and dream may also intertwine with pain. Embrace both.
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