Minute by minute - hour by hour

It’s how we make sense when nothing seems to make sense. 

As facts change and there is new data, we know more. As more information comes to light, the situation changes and we learn more. 

Then we act again. 

As we learn more from those actions, we act again. 

It’s one of the best reasons for getting into action sooner. Sooner than you think you should. 

You’ll get hindsight and be able to look back on what happened, on how it went. We can’t know everything before taking action, but we can make adjustments once we’re in action. 

Get going on that project or task. Things will look different again once you’re underway. 

How are the experiments going?

The changes we are making are just that - experiments. We are all trying some new things out and we will progressively see how it’s going. 

We’ll get some hindsight and be able to look back and review, reflect and see what we can make of it. 

Then we can make some adjustments and try something else ... another experiment. 

Adopting an experimental mindset of ‘I wonder...’, as in:
- ‘I wonder what this will be like’ 
- ‘I wonder how this will go’ 
- 'I wonder if this will work'
can keep us from expecting perfection and helps keep us adaptable. 

Wonder might be tricky when we are uncertain, worried or fearful. But the curiosity switch in us humans is strong. 

Keep a look out for an opportunity to wonder, experiment, observe, learn and continue to grow in these times. 

We can’t make meaning without first making some sense

Plenty of things don’t make sense in our life, in the world. So it’s not until we get some perspective to look back that we are more able to make sense of it. And then... then we put meaning to it.

‘This happened... and NOW I understand why or what it was all about.'

We can muck about, procrastinating, avoiding action yet still try to make sense of things. But it kind of doesn’t work that way.

The sooner you can get on the other side of something, the better.

Decide. Do. Deliver. Get something done.

You’ll make more sense once you're on the other side of it. And then you can work out what it all means.