AKA Why Your Capacity to Climb Depends on Your Ability to Pause
We have reached the time for this month’s final lesson… and final piece of MountainWork.
We’ve been on a powerful transition… from the wide-open plains of the February Safari, through our gathering at the Watering Hole, and back into the rhythm of the climb.
We’ve adjusted our Head dials to move away from “Station Clamour 101.1,” used our Heart compass to be honest about the “what is,” and practiced the Hands-on discipline of the “Giraffe Reset.”
In the blog that sparked this journey, I shared that Gaia (Nature) often stops us in our tracks so that we may hear the “volumes of stored wisdom” that pour forth through stillness.
My hope is that through our shared stories, you’ve begun to hear your own internal “radio” more clearly.
To “Have it All”—the productivity that matters to us, the prosperity that drives us, and the play that fuels us—we must remain aware.
We must acknowledge that our “height” as leaders is only sustainable if we are willing to be “precarious” enough to nourish ourselves.
As we move into April, the pandemonium of daily life will try to turn your dial back to Clamour 101.1.
Don’t let it.
Remember that expanded consciousness is not a frivolous luxury, but a powerful and strategic choice.
The March Integration Audit
Before we step into a new month, take out your map.
Think about the answers you gave to the prompts in Week 2 and the “dead weight” you identified during your Week 3 Giraffe Reset.
Now, sit with these three integration questions:
- The Reality Check: You named a pending change. Now that you’ve “sat with what is,” what is the one truth about this change that you were previously ignoring?
- The Resilience Plan: To maintain your Heart’s prosperity, what is one act of Play you will schedule this weekend to celebrate the fact that you are no longer operating on fumes?
- The First Step: You identified what the terrain is asking of you. What is the one tangible action you will take on Monday morning that proves you have recalibrated your frequency?
A New Way of Walking
The MuseLetter has shifted this month. We are moving deeper into the stories (yours and my own) because leadership isn’t found in a textbook; it’s found on the trail.
Thank you for being part of this expedition. I’ll see you on next month’s climb.
Until then, I want you to think about this: if you’ve been practicing the “bend” this week, and allowing yourself to drink from the watering hole of calm, you’ve likely realized the profound power in stillness.
When you stop to nourish yourself, you don’t change the mountain, but you change your capacity to climb it.
