I’m trying something new here on Saturdays – a recap post to link together the week’s learnings. I started doing this a weeks ago for my own benefit and then thought it might be beneficial to others. So, here goes:
The week kicked off with reflections on a tough conversation I had with Brian last week about how to manage the fear of taking more of my career into my own hands. Employ Your Creativity to Live a Better Life, Facing Up to Fear, Failure, and Monsters, and You Can Change Your Mind deal with several key lessons Brian conveyed in our conversation:
1.) We are free if we choose to be
2.) If you feel stuck, put your creativity to work to imagine your way out
3.) We can’t shake fear so we might as well befriend it and learn what it has to teach us.
After a month working in close physical proximity to the Occupy Wall Street protests, I put some thoughts down on paper about my initial confusion around their methods and reasoning, and then to articulate why I’m not a part of it.
With all of the news reports piling up that are continually causing us to rethink and reconsider our plans, long-term and short-term, it is easy to feel bogged down and to second guess our abilities. I watched a documentary this week that reminded me so powerfully that the real trick of life is to make good of everything that comes our way. Even from the most horrible, tragic circumstances, we can learn and grow and help others do the same.
Happy weekend and happy reading!
Christa Avampato 