#207

Whilst change can be hard and is influenced by a number of variables within and outside our control, insight can often be easy, simple, and accessible. 

Part of my purpose is to create and help people hear the simple insights.

I was recently in a conversation with an executive who said he was struggling with something.

Knowing that we live our lives inside our language, I offered an observation. I asked him if anything might shift if he changed his language? 

“What if, instead of struggling with it… you were dancing with it?”

I observed an immediate physiological shift, some fresh thoughts emerging and his response of...” mmm, yeh, that shifts things a little”.

Instead of the energy debt of ‘struggling’, there’s an energy credit with ‘dancing’ and for this person, in that moment, it facilitated a shift in thinking.

Now I appreciate it won’t work in every circumstance. It’s not a new hammer to hit every perceived nail with. However, I wonder if it might help your own thinking with a partial shift?

It might only take a small shift in perspective for you to see over the next hurdle, rather than being faced with an impenetrable wall.

So, what if instead of ‘struggling’ with something, you were ‘dancing’ with it?

What if instead of a ‘problem’ to fix, you had a ‘puzzle’ to solve?

What if instead of a 'challenge' to overcome, you had a 'hypothesis' to test?

What if instead of 'recovering' from an exhausting day, you were 'resting' in preparation for a better tomorrow?

Some reflection questions:

- What are you currently “struggling” with that you might instead choose to “dance” with?

- How does your language shape your energy and mindset in moments of challenge?

- Where in your life could a small shift in perspective unlock new possibilities?

- What would it feel like to replace resistance with curiosity when faced with a challenge?

- What story are you telling yourself - and how might changing just one word, rewrite the entire narrative?