๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ฐ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ “๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ?” ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ “๐โ๐ฆ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฒ,” ๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐.
How often do we respond to โHow are you?โ with โIโm busyโ as if that somehow validates our worth?
Jennifer Garvey Bergerโs conversation on The Conscious Hospitality Podcast with David Arraya made me realise that busyness is often a mask. A way to avoid checking in with ourselves. A way to sidestep the discomfort of uncertainty.
She invites todayโs leaders to pause and ask: What if โIโm busyโ really means โIโm afraidโ? Afraid of not having control. Afraid of slowing down. Afraid of what we might find if we actually paid attention.
Listening to Jennifer is a masterclass in rethinking leadership not just as a role, but as a way of being. She challenges us to see organisations as ‘schools for grown-ups’, where learning never stops, and where the best leaders create not just places to work, but spaces where people thrive.
A few ideas that stayed with me:
- ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ต๐ฉ. The more we draw our attention to whatโs happening inside and around us, the better we become at leading in complexity.
- ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ด๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ค๐ฉ. The moment we notice weโre overwhelmed, a single conscious breath can reset our nervous system.
- ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ด๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ข ๐ญ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐บ ๐ช๐ตโ๐ด ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ญ. Whether youโre 12 or 52, we all long for someone to see our potential.
- ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ป๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ. What if organisations are able to create spaces where love and positive regard hold space where people genuinely thrive, and leaders put people before ROIs?
Jenniferโs words made me pause and reflect on my own leadership journey on the spaces I create, the stories I tell myself about being busy, and how I can practice more intentional evolution.
If you ever feel like complexity is overwhelming, this episode is for you.
Tune in here:
https://lnkd.in/dffYkVm6
