Shifting Roles

Do you ever wonder when something (a name, an author, a situation) SHOWS UP REPEATEDLY in your life, if there’s a MESSAGE you need to hear? Completely coincidentally, my business partners and I realized on a call this week that we are all reading or listening to books by the author Ann Patchett: The Dutch House, State of Wonder, and Truth & Beauty. What are the CHANCES of that?

There’s another book by Ann that I think about monthly if not weekly since reading it years ago in a book club: Bel Canto. The main takeaway for me from this book: HOW ONE’S ROLE AND EVEN PERSONALITY CAN SHIFT DEPENDING ON THE SITUATION. 

Background: There is a powerful businessman in the book, who is well respected and used to having authority. However, during a hostage situation, it is not him who takes charge or was really in the center of the situation. Another hostage, someone not so powerful in regular society, steps up and plays an integral role.  

What about YOU? Where in your life do you STEP IT UP? And where do you shift your personality, even your energy? Is that SERVING you? Where you are COMPARTMENTALIZING? Is that SERVING you? 

What are the CIRCUMSTANCES when your BEST SELF emerges, and what are the situations where the opposite happens? 

What is your VISION for how you want to show up in life?

These are heavy questions, with no “one and done” answer. But exploring them will provide INSIGHT. Which in turn will naturally lead to exploring, “What would be BETTER?”  

There is power in understanding and having CLARITY about yourself.  

And you don’t have to go it alone figuring it all out. It can be easier to explore in conversation and when you have time slotted for it on your schedule. If you haven’t already done so, take advantage of my free office hours being offered to support my community. Wednesdays 10-11am MT. Sign uprequired. Or email me to set up a 20-minutes exploratory 1:1 call.

It’s not too late to win 2020.  

Regardless of what is going on in the world outside of your control, you can INFLUENCE how you SHOW UP, and how you treat others. And that’s no small accomplishment. 

Warmly,

Bijal