Permission to make mistakes

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The worst enemy to creativity is self doubt. ~ Sylvia Plath

I did a presentation recently about embracing change. The president of the company wanted me to emphasize that change and growth required innovation and the willingness to make mistakes.

You've got to break some eggs to make an omelet

You've got to break some eggs to make an omelet

It was so interesting to feel the room go cold when I mentioned making mistakes being a part of learning and growing. Despite the president’s intention to create an environment for innovation, most of the people in the room were not comfortable with making mistakes. Whether it was their own internal system or the feeling that their supervisors did not have the “capacity” to accept mistakes as a healthy part of growth, the air in the room made it clear that something needed to change in a big way before the staff felt they really had the room to make mistakes. At some level we know that mistakes aren’t “bad” and that we can learn and grow from them, but most of us just want to get “it” right. We don’t feel like we have the time, let alone the permission, to make mistakes that we can learn from, that will give us the freedom in which to innovate!

The “What would it be like if…” question

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I’ve just returned from Kendall SummerHawk’s Money, Market, and Soul Intensive. As is so often the case, you get insights during the course, but the course may just be planting the seeds. At least that’s the case for me, here. I’ve been using the starter phrase “What would it be like if…” to give myself some different perspectives. I get so focused on my small thinking, it’s like I’m sticking my head down a hole. So, I’m asking what it would be like to have the things I think I’d love to have: What would it be like to feel 100% valuable, whole, and complete? What would it be like to feel like a successful strategist (something I think I’m not good at)? What would it be like to have faith in myself?

What would it be like to have faith in myself. I was surprised about how easily the answers flowed for that one…bottom line, I would be more of who I most want to be. I think that’s so cool.

This is such a time of transition and this feels good. Is this part of being a Lightworker?