Me: I only eat clean.

Also me: eats cake so clean there's no crumbs left

Life is complicated, yes?

Smiling. Keeping it real.

Notice the meh / mundane days.
What's missing?

It is meaning or purpose?
Meaningful connection?
Absence of your favourite contributions, skills, or talents?
A gap of knowing-doing?
Unclear core values or aspirations?
Weariness of not being seen or heard authentically?
Boredom?
Or.... what else?

Is the pain of the unknown less than the pain of the known?
Is the risk too much?
Are there possibilities between same-old and meaningful life/work?

Notice.
Name.
Choose.

Lead yourself well.

As leaders we never stop learning, do we?
We never stop developing our own growth and awareness.
We never stop being human.

Count it an unpretentious honour, a humble privilege and a meek blessing to influence others around you, by first influencing your own development and growth.

Notice and Name.
Lead yourself well.

Practicing the behaviour that you want others to follow, is on your shoulders. Let's call it agency and awareness and a life dedicated to leading yourself well.

Check in on your own behaviours:

• your balance between working hard and overworking
• the care of your mental health (including how you process grief and loss)
• how you carry the stress of circumstances beyond your control
• expectations of yourself to achieve, perform or get things 'perfect'
• your level of transparency in the messy middle
• how you care for your physical, emotional, spiritual and intellectual well-being when you are off-grid

People may hear your words, but your actions and ways of being will be the louder communication.

Lead yourself well.