How do you perceive and react to challenges in your life? Here are a few challenge-related posts you may have missed. Click the links to read the messages.
“Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it.”
“The tests of life are not meant to break you, but to make you.”
“It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out. It’s the pebble in your shoe.”
Image from Unsplash by Matthew Bennett
I am often asked by my contemporaries when I plan to retire. I’ve been coaching for 26 years, and find myself only a handful of years away from collecting Social Security and qualifying for Medicare. I love what I do. The idea of a traditional retirement has very little appeal.
I have, however, observed many people my age pining for the freedom to do their own thing and escape the daily grind of “working for the man,” or simply not enjoying their vocations.
Upon retirement, some individuals find their freedom isn’t always associated with the happiness they expected.
As you pursue your personal and professional objectives and purpose, how can you find freedom and happiness by doing more of what you like, and liking more of what you do?
Image from Unsplash
Driving in Michigan, specifically in the Detroit metropolitan area, is challenging for numerous reasons. If we eliminate poor roads, construction and heavy traffic, we are left with what I call visibility challenges. Rain, fog, road salt, frost, snow, and splattered insects all have a way of reducing the clarity of our windshields.
I dislike not having clarity so much that I just had a special window treatment applied to our new SUV to better help us see where we are going.
What are some of your obstructing views, beliefs, and attitudes about others that are blocking your clear and objective view?
How can you apply your own perceptional “Windex” to help clarify what you see in others and in yourself?