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1.3 “A Crisis is a terrible thing to waste”
Categories: mentoring, Transformations
Clearly, we don’t need to look far for reasons to enact change amongst us. I continue to list the “high hard ones” to capture the dozens of conversations people have shared…and one of the most compelling reason to adopt a change within ourselves is the very fact that we shouldn’t waste a time of crisis.
Now is the time to take action.
A Crisis is a terrible thing to waste. 
The perfect storm holds the hidden benefit of justifying extraordinary actions. Our employers, our organizations, our local-state-federal governments all recognize this and have used this as an opportunity to recalibrate budgets, future plans and aspirations. It also calls each of us to do the same.
If you’ve read my earlier posts, you know I also treat a horrible accident as a watershed event in my own life as it facilitates a number of quantum changes in me (some still in process). It’s actually been the catalyst (or excuse) for virtually any change I wanted to make.
We can actually use this “Great Recession” as the excuse to change our lives!
Sure, we can change our careers. Go back to school, follow our dream job (most of us don’t really know what that is), start our own business or even re-create the one we have. Just because the landscape has changed, it doesn’t mean we don’t have control over what we do about it.
We certainly are forced to recalibrate our living. Financially, we are all coerced to justify our lifestyles. How great will things be in a few years if we are able to maintain our “new lifestyles” with so much less stress? Our energy applied to relationships and meaningful endeavors will certainly yield a more rewarding life.
This series of short postings are highlighting several compelling reasons to enact change in our lives. We each have our own reasons, but I’ve not talked with a single individual that doesn’t agree change is needed.
In my small part of the world, I am already seeing the early signs that people are joining together recognizing this need for change and beginning to shape the next steps. We inspire each other.
