Friction Is THE WAY

How often are you waiting for something to be done or over already for you to feel better?

Is it once you get past this presentation or once the hour at the gym is over?

What about when you’ve fully trained the new hire or that thorn in your side is fired?

Maybe once it’s Friday or your turn for vacation?

I ask because I catch clients in this perpetual waiting room all the time.

They might not say it in these words, but the basic premise is:

They’ll be happier when.

They’ll finally relax when.

They’ll feel good about themselves when.

They’ll be on their game when.

They’ll do the work when

What we all (myself included!) so easily forget is that there will not come a time where it “gets easier”, where the work levels out, where we get to coast.

Maybe in retirement, but even then, is that really what we’re going to wait for to feel better?

Old age? I don’t think so.

What we need to remember is that friction creates the story.

And I hate to break it to you, but as humans, we are in a constant state of friction.

What gets in our way doesn’t go away whether it’s traffic, a pesky co-worker or an internal belief about ourselves. There is no distraction-free conference room you will someday walk out of as your best self to tackle all of life’s problems.?

We have to work with the friction instead of against it.

You have to do the work where you are with what you have in this very imperfect corporate world on this insanely spinning planet.

Everyone does.?

If you can recognize it, friction is always in your favor.?

So what I want you to do is take a minute right now and list five things that are annoying the shit out of you or just won’t go away or get you frustrated at the thought of them. Things you wish were off your plate never to return.

Got them?

Now re-label them all as teachers and ask what they could possibly be here to show you by using friction to get your attention.

After you’ve rolled your eyes, write your answers down.

See if re-labeling them doesn’t point to their potential merit and get you thinking about how you can actually use friction as a resource instead of a nuisance.

The thing is, if it’s not going away, you can either treat it as a pylon to constantly get around or use it as a road to walk down. One takes more time and wastes the opportunity while the other understands the nature of life and works with what is.

You choose.

Book a free 30-minute call with me today so we can talk about how a life full of friction is the perfect place to be; not as a means to bypass what sucks or hurts or isn’t working, but as a new way to see it and work through it.

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