But don’t give up yet …

There is so much that you’ve done and learned and experienced, tried and gained.

So don’t give up yet.

You’ve put things into practice and run some experiments and tested some ideas out.

Don’t give up yet.

Sometimes when tough times are presenting themselves, our clever genius does the amazing and presents us back with something in return.

These might be ideas, hunches, this + this, or a wild thought about ‘if only’ or ‘what would be nice is …’

Many of us are getting great ideas presented by our clever brains right now, but we may not be noticing them.

We’re always being presented with clever ideas, suggestions and inner genius, but we’re usually worrying too hard and too loud to notice.

The volume of my ideas has come back today after being on both extra loud 😱 AND super silent 🤫 in recent times.

And that’s the flow of things. Loud. Quiet. Silent. Soft. Shrieking. Super clever ideas. Loud. Quiet. And on it goes …

Don’t give up on anything.

We’re clever humans who have an inordinate range of creative thought waiting to be put towards a purpose, goal, idea, interest or … rest.

Let your inner clever speak up to yourself.

And tune in to some of the random, way out, safe, simple steps it’s suggesting to you.

Open up that journal or notes app. Give them somewhere to land.

Our brains love an opportunity to come up with a bunch of ideas for what to do next.

Let them lose. Don’t hold them in there. Let ‘em out.

Better ways of being

As teams come together online more often, there are ways to ‘be’ that help make things easier. 

Whether your online meeting or gathering has just one other person, or there are four, seven or 12 of you...

Watch out for these old, dated behaviours:

Interrupter
Hogger
Judger
Dismisser 
Player
Disruptor 
Distractor
Minimizer
Deflector
... oooh it’s not good is it 
Hider
Denier
Accuser


When times are challenging, stress is high or uncertainty is present, it can be easy to fall back into a ‘survival default’ of sorts where there is pointing and blaming or hiding and ignoring for survival. 

Newer and better ways of being include doing things to support the group (and not always speeding to a solution or decision.)

We all contribute to an environment and a conversation that’s safer and more collaborative. 

If I’m challenged and find it hard to bring the ‘better me’, then I look to these roles. They’re helpful anyway, and keep us in a more resourceful state:

Synthesiser
Integrater
Summarizer
Slicer 
Supporter
Enquirer 
Listener 
Reflector
Participator
Contributor 
Validator 
Elevator.


Think: 
Am I making things easier or harder?
Am I trying to make myself feel better about something here?
Is this going to be helpful?