“This is your captain speaking, I’m sorry to inform you that we are expecting a delay in takeoff.” Collective sighs, eyes-rolling. Frantic texting and emailing...annoying, if you feel cheated for all the rush. More concerning, if you have a connecting flight to make your meeting where you’re the one presenting.
On the airplane there’s not much we can do about the situation, except meditate or medicate. (I’ll leave it to you to discern which one serves you more.)
But how often do we in our own life deliberately create delays?
Courage is what gives us wings to fly. But how do we become courageous? Yesterday I send out my newsletter with a quote taken from Barack Obamas speech on February 19th 2008, before he became president. Whilst I haven’t had the pleasure to speak to the former U.S. president, I am convinced there were times were he did not believe in himself, the vision, that it could be done.
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With memories of the past twelve months still lingering we are advertised the opportunity to reflect, review and resolve. Baby, it ain't over till it's over, not only Lenny but also clever marketers know, and Spotify has created a soundtrack for this, a playlist of The Ones That Got Away - songs that we missed/wished we’d discovered earlier in the year.