Carey-Ann’s Blog
The Price We Pay for Always Being "On"
What if stepping away from your responsibilities for a little while was one of the most responsible things you could do as a leader?
We live in a world that rewards doing. Full calendars. Constant decisions. Competing priorities. Expectations that rarely seem to slow down. And when the pressure increases, what do most of us do? We push harder. Work longer. Take on more. We convince ourselves that we'll slow down when things settle. When the project is finished. When the next challenge is behind us.
But what if that moment never comes?
Leadership Agility When Getting a Punch to the Face
If you look closely at this photo, you’ll notice something I couldn’t quite hide with makeup: a dark bruise forming on my chin. Broken blood vessels. Courtesy of my dog, and physics.
I was opening the trunk of my SUV, freeing my dog’s pulley leash system (the one that lets him pull me on cross-country skis). The metal clasp caught… and released like a slingshot, straight into my face. I didn’t see it coming. I couldn’t have planned for it. And it hurt like hell.
Which got me thinking about leadership, purpose… and resilience. In my years spent in the corporate world, I trained myself to plan for A, B, C, and D.
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