When you read the sign above, what was your first thought? Bumps are good, bumps are bad, or bumps can be both!? Can an obstacle that slows us down or stops us in our tracks have real positive meaning or purpose? Or do we half believe the statements we all use: “it will all work out for the best” and “it all happens for a reason”.
Step 6, Assess Your Plateau, is a perfect tool for this moment and makes the list of my top 7 steps! Ask yourself:
- What exactly are the bumps that force me to change my speed or direction?
- What has created them?
- What are their effects?
- And, how can this time be used to my advantage?
Sometimes we do not really know what we think about a particular challenge until it stares back at us. Plato said, “What we expect, that we shall find”. Every path has bumps ahead; we call it ‘good’ when there are signs that warn us and disastrous if we do not have a clue what hit us.
Expect the bumps. And, perhaps, take a “yield sign” as meaning that you should be, in the moment, with what is …
Hold on for the ride,
