NOW!

Bear with me here, this might meander a bit.

This always happens when I read. Thoughts, ideas, and concepts collide in my brain as I try to absorb and make sense of them.

Here goes…I have been struggling with a Fog—why am I not putting myself out there about my Spiral of Accountability? What I mean by that is, that I am not posting regularly, not writing very often, and not promoting the Spiral with any sense of urgency and vigor. It isn’t that I don’t have things to share or that the Spiral isn’t worthy of exposure. What is the roadblock?

I learned a new way to frame this “roadblock” from the book The War of Art by Steven Pressfield. Why am I letting Resistance win? And in Spiral terms, why am I making Excuses for Ignoring my role in promoting the Spiral? After all, it is my best work, and it is impacting those who have experienced it.

As a Simon Sinek fan, I started with my “why”—I am on this planet to serve and to make a difference the best way I can. The Spiral is a big part of that.

I am also in this amazing cohort of leaders experiencing this course called Two 3s℠ put on by ICAN. It is based on the book What Leaders Need Now℠ by Andrea Chilcote. She and Laura Roccaforte are facilitating/coaching us through it. We were asked to set our intentions, one personal and one professional.

My professional intention is to fight Resistance by Taking Responsibility to act, with urgency and enthusiasm, on the tasks (and risks) necessary to ensure the Spiral makes the impact I know it can. This is the “what.”

There, now it is out there in the universe, and I need to hold up to it. Now “how” am I going to go about this? First, also learned from The War of Art,

·         Show up every day no matter what

·         Don’t wait for inspiration, act in anticipation

·         Expose yourself to judgment every day

·         Do not cheat the world of your contribution. Give it what you got!

The “when” of course is NOW! Which happens to be written on a rock that I found cleaning a drawer. This Synchronicity shit is real! Just sayin’. Stay tuned!

Spiral Up!

~Carol