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What did Goldilocks have that we don’t? To some she was a fuss pot, to others a perfectionist, maybe a bit of a princess.
A simple tale, nothing to do with today - right?
Such a search for ‘just right’ in this complex, chaotic world is challenging.
A balancing act everywhere - between self-care and indulgence, compassion and helplessness, progress and overwork. At work there are a host of competing, clashing priorities in which every one is a priority and then of course, nothing is.
Yes, sure you will say this is just ‘bad leadership’. I agree leadership requires hard choices!
How do you make those choices when caught in the cross hairs of competing demands, a team that is exhausted, when taking ‘time out’ is no longer the answer?
Back to Goldilocks. She was looking for what FELT right to her. She was able to attune to what she was looking for, what would suit her, maybe setting aside the inner chatter.
An incredibly unsophisticated parallel but the capacity to tune to the inside, to. listen deeply into what really is a priority when it’s clear your team need you to lift some of the weight before they go under.
It might mean some very awkward conversations elsewhere, but that capacity to tune in is what will guide you towards choosing your closest ‘just right’.
Do you need to be more Goldilocks?
