Inspiration

When you experience adversity, is your instinct to focus on the negatives?
Do you struggle to find the positives in these situations?
Do you wish you were more resilient to overcome and grow from adversity more quickly?

When you experience adversity, do you just wish it would go away rather than seeking to grow from it?
Do you strive to become more resilient, especially with everything that has resulted from the pandemic?
Do you wish you knew how to help others who are suffering from grief but are scared of saying or doing the wrong thing?

Do you find yourself facing the same emotional struggles in your career time and time again?
Has it led you to give your colleagues the wrong impression?
Do you fear that it’s more than just a wrong impression, it’s your reputation at work, and it won’t go away?

Do you find yourself often stressing about what happened in the past or may happen in the future?
Do you struggle to be present with others and appreciate the little moments?
Do you typically react rashly to adversity, rather than mindfully responding to it?
Do you fixate on the results of your efforts and become disheartened when they aren’t what you hoped for?

Does your team go from highly motivated at the onset of a new project to dismayed when faced with setbacks?
Is your instinct (or your boss’s) to micromanage in an attempt to prevent these setbacks?
Do you love the thrill of achieving goals at work but wish it happened more often?

Do you find yourself repeatedly trying to create new habits that will enable you to accomplish your goals?
Do you wish you had better self-control and will power to maintain these new habits?
Do you see others who have achieved your goals and get envious and frustrated that it doesn’t come easy for you?
Do you ardently want to get better but just can’t figure out how to make it stick?

Do you struggle to inspire change with your colleagues, no matter how much time and energy you invest?
Do you find that many just won’t buy in to what you’re trying to accomplish?
Have you resigned yourself to accept that in some cases, their lack of adoption is out of your control?

Does your company have carefully thought-out culture and values but struggles to achieve their adoption throughout the organization?
Does it feel like your accomplishments go unnoticed by everyone besides your team?
Do you wish you and your colleagues were more engaged with your work?
Do you often wonder how much impact your work will actually have on the company achieving its goals?

Do you find yourself getting more and more frustrated that your colleagues won’t follow through on the changes you’re working to implement?
Does it seem like they almost don’t care about the goals for these initiatives?
Do you often wish these changes would just come easier and faster?

Do your company’s values stress the importance of teamwork and collaboration, but in reality it leaves a lot to be desired?
Do you really enjoy working with some colleagues but find the process much more difficult with others?
Have you recognized that you, too, have an opportunity to improve at collaborating more effectively?