When there's a change in your tribe or your organization or your trusted circle, you face two choices:
You can fight with the person creating the change, push back against them and defend the status quo.
Or you can fight for the person, double down on the cause, the tribe and the relationship, and refocus your efforts on making things work even better than they did before the change.
They're similar emotions and efforts, but they lead to very different outcomes.
Seth's focus is organizations and groups -- obviously, mine is on individuals but interestingly enough, the thought still holds true.
I see people everyday who are struggling with some sort of health issue -- their weight, how they manage stress (because they know stress is toxic....which just makes them more stressed!), diabetes, heart disease, an injury or chronic pain....
Some of those people spend a lot of time fighting against themselves. They want to be the way they were when they .... were in their 20's (40 years ago!)....before their doctor told them they have high blood pressure....before their pancreas lost the ability to produce enough insulin to deal with their sweet tooth...before...before...before.
And some people, under extremely tough circumstances (like being overweight, receiving a diabetes or heart disease diagnosis, or suffering an injury, find themselves in a spot they never intended to be but instead of fighting to get back to where they were (40 years ago, before the accident, or before the trip to the doctor's office), they pick a new direction. One that moves them away from the place they find themselves and toward a place where they are wiser, healthier, happier, and more fulfilled than they have ever been.
So what it comes down to is the people I see are either fighting against their current state and trying to go back to the way things were.
Or...
They are fighting for a new life. One that accepts where they are right now and uses those conditions as a spring board to get to someplace better.
And, from what I can see (and my own experiences), I do believe both of those options require the same amount of effort. There's no "Get out of Jail free" pass that I've found. Which means the choice is yours:
Do you want to fight for something or against something???
You can fight with the person creating the change, push back against them and defend the status quo.
Or you can fight for the person, double down on the cause, the tribe and the relationship, and refocus your efforts on making things work even better than they did before the change.
They're similar emotions and efforts, but they lead to very different outcomes.
Seth's focus is organizations and groups -- obviously, mine is on individuals but interestingly enough, the thought still holds true.
I see people everyday who are struggling with some sort of health issue -- their weight, how they manage stress (because they know stress is toxic....which just makes them more stressed!), diabetes, heart disease, an injury or chronic pain....
Some of those people spend a lot of time fighting against themselves. They want to be the way they were when they .... were in their 20's (40 years ago!)....before their doctor told them they have high blood pressure....before their pancreas lost the ability to produce enough insulin to deal with their sweet tooth...before...before...before.
And some people, under extremely tough circumstances (like being overweight, receiving a diabetes or heart disease diagnosis, or suffering an injury, find themselves in a spot they never intended to be but instead of fighting to get back to where they were (40 years ago, before the accident, or before the trip to the doctor's office), they pick a new direction. One that moves them away from the place they find themselves and toward a place where they are wiser, healthier, happier, and more fulfilled than they have ever been.
So what it comes down to is the people I see are either fighting against their current state and trying to go back to the way things were.
Or...
They are fighting for a new life. One that accepts where they are right now and uses those conditions as a spring board to get to someplace better.
And, from what I can see (and my own experiences), I do believe both of those options require the same amount of effort. There's no "Get out of Jail free" pass that I've found. Which means the choice is yours:
Do you want to fight for something or against something???
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