The New Normal

So it occurred to me, as I was frantically stopping the washer, to extract my iPhone from a soggy hoodie pocket, that I’m ‘off’. There is no doubt that billions of people are experiencing being in the ‘spin cycle’ right now, being ‘off’ is the new evolving normal. Another universal experience is the individual unique prism we are encountering this seismic assault to our sensibilities. I have been unable to absorb the difficulties, friends, family and clients are tackling, let’s just say scrambling to get octogenarian parents groceries from 5,212 miles away was fraught with guilt, helplessness and victories. We all have our stories, we all have a myriad of logistical and emotional barbs assaulting our senses.

Now that we are beginning to survey the scorched earth, that was our ‘known lives’, what do we do, what are the essentials we need to be aware of? So when we are knocked down, the adage of ‘standing back up’, seems horrendously patronizing, however, anyone  seasoned in kinesiology will say, to stand one needs to use one’s ‘CORE’. Anyone who has ever experienced working with a trainer at a gym has heard their number one principle, “Focus on your core”. When it comes to managing your abilities, the same is also true, your core is: 

 How are you moving through time

 What are you doing during your day 

 What is the pace of  your day

 Where is your focus  during your day

This is a forced moment for us all, we did not plan on this, however, once we acknowledge the anxiety, reset, refocus and reframing of your world begins. In your profile pages 16, 17, 18 and 19 identify how to specifically manage your CORE. Please feel free to reach out if you have mislaid your ARC Leadership Dynamics profile and we are happy to send an additional copy. 

If you would like some additional coaching on your new normal, do not hesitate to reach out. 

Do not forget, we are better than our circumstances!