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Most things sort themselves out...
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Hi Reader, I've been in the middle of some very stressful house renovation work this last couple of weeks. There's been a dispute over some of the work, I've been threatened by the building company... It's been all kinds of high-stress. In a moment when I felt exhausted and 'done in' by it all earlier this week, my partner Meg texted me the simple line "this too shall pass". It's a line I've texted others in similar moments, but of course when you're in the middle of things like that, you don't believe it's true for what you're going through. You don't believe there is a "through" to get through at all, because all you see is that you're "in". And it reminded me of a thing a friend said a while back: "you know.. Most things in life... They sort themselves out". And it's true. When shitty stuff happens, we can easily tie ourselves in knots. We can get stressed. We can overreact and feel mad with people or annoyed with stuff. But then here we are, an hour later, or a day later, or a week later, or a year later...and it all sorted itself out. This too shall pass. Don't forget. Have a great week, Graham |
Rev Up for the Week with Graham Allcott
Join thousands of people starting their week on a positive note. Every Sunday afternoon, I send out an upbeat idea to set you up for the week ahead.
Hi Reader, One of my first supervisory roles was working in a call centre. I'd landed the promotion by accident, but it was better than being on the phones, and a whole extra £1 an hour, so I went with it. Part of the job was admin - clocking everyone in, clocking everyone out - and the rest was keeping everyone motivated. There was a whiteboard to track sales, a budget to give out prizes... all the stuff you'd expect to see in a 90's outbound telesales centre. The admin records I'd inherited...
Hi Reader, Great meetings can change the world. The problem is that most meetings... just aren't that great. In How to Fix Meetings, Hayley Watts and I talk about the 40-20-40 model that we learned from my friend and professional meeting-facilitator, Martin Farrell. The idea is simple: spend 40% of your time and attention on the preparation, 20% on the meeting itself, and save 40% for the follow-through. Sounds sensible, right? Yet when we think about the implications, it means that if you're...
Hi Reader Welcome to Rev Up for the Week, where every Sunday I deliver you a simple idea to supercharge your week ahead. This week I did a couple of talks and podcasts where the question kept coming up, about whether taking time to build more kindness, empathy, trust and psychological safety in your team was worth the effort. It's an important question in a world where unkindness seems to be having a revival. But creating psychological safety - so that people feel able to take the small...