'Hold on for one more day' is possibly the most powerful yet under-rated piece of advice I've ever received. I was a newly single parent, with not even close to enough money in the bank, or coming in, to raise 2 boys in the way I wanted to and I was freaking out. And a friend said, do you have enough for today? Yes. The you're ok. Just keep taking each day as it comes. He was so right.
What great and reassuring advice from your friend, Cat! I think we’re both people who LOVE to live in the future (which is awesome) but can also create daunting situations, so snapping back to the present/ here and now can be such a helpful shift.
What an excellent collection of reflections. It always makes my spine hurt when people are like 'urgh, why would you do that' about writing in particular, and this idea that it always has to be FOR something.
And these lessons from Nepal are great. How good (although maybe a bit awks at times) to have an experience like that played back at you, so you can see yourself in those hard moments.
Thanks, friend! Yes, it was a little awks seeing myself walking so unsteadily over those suspension bridges hahahaha. Agree, sometimes the best reason to do something is no reason at all.
The reframe on peer pressure is one of those simple shifts that actually sticks, borrowing the energy of the room rather than fighting it. And the McLuhan point lands perfectly: so many leaders talk about collaboration while running formats that actively work against it... The medium really does undermine the message more often than we admit. Thanks for writing this one, Leanne, worth the Thursday evening in a Perth hotel bar.
Haha yes I know that disbelief people have - you write this every week?!?! I happily kept it up for nearly 7 years and hardly missed a beat, it's so satisfying... and a sign that work and pleasure are closely intertwined.
'Hold on for one more day' is possibly the most powerful yet under-rated piece of advice I've ever received. I was a newly single parent, with not even close to enough money in the bank, or coming in, to raise 2 boys in the way I wanted to and I was freaking out. And a friend said, do you have enough for today? Yes. The you're ok. Just keep taking each day as it comes. He was so right.
Love your weekly notes Leanne 🤩
What great and reassuring advice from your friend, Cat! I think we’re both people who LOVE to live in the future (which is awesome) but can also create daunting situations, so snapping back to the present/ here and now can be such a helpful shift.
What, me, living in the future? 😅
hahha high five for the future!
What an excellent collection of reflections. It always makes my spine hurt when people are like 'urgh, why would you do that' about writing in particular, and this idea that it always has to be FOR something.
And these lessons from Nepal are great. How good (although maybe a bit awks at times) to have an experience like that played back at you, so you can see yourself in those hard moments.
Thanks, friend! Yes, it was a little awks seeing myself walking so unsteadily over those suspension bridges hahahaha. Agree, sometimes the best reason to do something is no reason at all.
The reframe on peer pressure is one of those simple shifts that actually sticks, borrowing the energy of the room rather than fighting it. And the McLuhan point lands perfectly: so many leaders talk about collaboration while running formats that actively work against it... The medium really does undermine the message more often than we admit. Thanks for writing this one, Leanne, worth the Thursday evening in a Perth hotel bar.
Thanks for the encouragement, Andrew! Yes, and when you get the message and medium in alignment it is infinitely more powerful!
Haha yes I know that disbelief people have - you write this every week?!?! I happily kept it up for nearly 7 years and hardly missed a beat, it's so satisfying... and a sign that work and pleasure are closely intertwined.