so ever been in a conversation where someone feels like they need to yell louder to be heard? which has never been you or i of course :)
i had a tense situation; a conversation in which the three of us were not too happy with each other. way more talking than listening.
(imagine one of those c-grade movies where a traveler who doesn’t know the local language starts speaking louder & slower as if it’ll help the locals understand?!)
maybe it was myself and two of our teenagers, maybe not. i’m not sayin’
so, with a pit in my stomach, i slept on it for the next day. still felt yucky on day 2.
i called a friend for a fresh perspective. it helped to air things out and come up with a plan, rather than just reacting and repeating old habits, like hammering down the parental law.
then i ran + (weirdly) yelled a few times along the way. i probably, well definitely, scared some neighbors and birds w/the yelling, but there you go, it helped get that yucky energy out of my body.
it flipped my feeling of “50% yucky” to “50% decent.” i had the energy to go back with a new enthusiasm and approach to moving ahead.
ha! it’s 50% either way...nothing has changed except me...
difficult situations - whether with kids or board meetings - are easier to navigate when i can Ctrl-Alt-Del myself and get back to feeling everything is an opportunity, vs feeling “closed” and powering ahead like a bull in a china shop.
lighten up!!
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ps: how old do you have to be to get the “control-alt-delete” reference??
this is great man... as a father of two I can relate :) i always say parenthood is the best MBA.. in fact it is far more than that!
"ps: how old do you have to be to get the “control-alt-delete” reference??" I was thinking the same 😂😂😂😂