Written on LinkedIn
This.
Came across this post by Chance Marshall on LinkedIn and it deeply resonated. I go back to work after a horrible and frightening month of illness. In the last 12 months I have been thrown from pillar to post by health problems. And I am not afraid to say that this, along with national and international events have crashed upon me with a weight that had been hard to put into words. But I am grateful. I am still here with family and real friends. And while some may think this should be a Facebook post I am glad someone had the bravery to say what Chance said. It is not easy being an empath. Neither do I want the strings playing for what I write, because in spite of many factors I promise I will always do my best to be kind, always write with authenticity and lean, no plunge. into my vulnerability. Yes, this is a site for "professional networks", but it has humans on it too. I return to work with my values intact. People before profit. Empathy rather than sympathy. Heart based leadership. Compassion. Respect. Justice. Fairness. Working together and leading through learning. Ethical. Transparent. The sense of humour and to paraphrase a quote I will continue speaking up for all of this though my voice quivers. Thanks Chance. The old models of hashtag#leadership are crumbling. hashtag#mentalhealth hashtag#authenticity
Came across this post by Chance Marshall on LinkedIn and it deeply resonated. I go back to work after a horrible and frightening month of illness. In the last 12 months I have been thrown from pillar to post by health problems. And I am not afraid to say that this, along with national and international events have crashed upon me with a weight that had been hard to put into words. But I am grateful. I am still here with family and real friends. And while some may think this should be a Facebook post I am glad someone had the bravery to say what Chance said. It is not easy being an empath. Neither do I want the strings playing for what I write, because in spite of many factors I promise I will always do my best to be kind, always write with authenticity and lean, no plunge. into my vulnerability. Yes, this is a site for "professional networks", but it has humans on it too. I return to work with my values intact. People before profit. Empathy rather than sympathy. Heart based leadership. Compassion. Respect. Justice. Fairness. Working together and leading through learning. Ethical. Transparent. The sense of humour and to paraphrase a quote I will continue speaking up for all of this though my voice quivers. Thanks Chance. The old models of hashtag#leadership are crumbling. hashtag#mentalhealth hashtag#authenticity
No one is doing as well as it looks on LinkedIn.
Honestly, stop pretending lads. It’s rough going at the minute, everyone’s knackered.
Each of us is full of self-doubt, fear, anxiety and confusion, but the brave face has been widely adopted.
It’s made it easy to assume that everyone else is doing better than us.
We think we are weird because we meet such filtered versions of each other.
But, most of the time, we have no idea what people are really experiencing or feeling. We have no idea how much someone has had to pull themselves together each morning.
If we all showed up even 1% more truthfully on this platform, everyone would feel less alone.
And stop saying “best in class”. It’s cringe.
hashtag#mentalhealth hashtag#knackered hashtag#authenticity
Honestly, stop pretending lads. It’s rough going at the minute, everyone’s knackered.
Each of us is full of self-doubt, fear, anxiety and confusion, but the brave face has been widely adopted.
It’s made it easy to assume that everyone else is doing better than us.
We think we are weird because we meet such filtered versions of each other.
But, most of the time, we have no idea what people are really experiencing or feeling. We have no idea how much someone has had to pull themselves together each morning.
If we all showed up even 1% more truthfully on this platform, everyone would feel less alone.
And stop saying “best in class”. It’s cringe.
hashtag#mentalhealth hashtag#knackered hashtag#authenticity
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