Sometimes it’s something that niggles away at the edge of your mind: a sense that something is not quite right, a desire that things were slightly different. Maybe in response to something that you see or hear about.
This sense of unease can be the precursor to action, if we allow it to be: it is our way of identifying the friction within the system, the rough edge that needs attention.
I describe it as a feeling, but if can, of course, be more than that: there may be a harder type of data to back it up. In most systems there are things that need to be addressed: this is the wear and tear that accumulates as we run the thing.
Maybe the work life balance is uncalibrated, maybe someone is being left out, maybe we are expecting too much of people or forgetting to say ‘thank you’ enough.
Use your sixty seconds today to listen, to yourself, to see if you can sense that unease.
If you can, you can just keep it in mind - see if it grows or fades over time. If not, you can congratulate yourself and those around you - but ask if the experience is universal - does everyone sit in the same happy place, or do you need to actively seek out other perspectives?
In this sense you can view your role as a Social Leader as a farmer: walking the field boundaries, keeping one eye on the weather and one on the health of the seedlings that surround you.
This is not about dramatic action, but rather the health of the system, and the way we hear what we need to hear to keep it calibrated. Sometimes we deny ourselves the chance.
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