Get Moving
David Berry
People & Culture Leader, Author, Coach and Speaker | Energetically working for the realization of a more human workplace.
"Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, not of words. Trust movement." ~ Alfred Adler
I have lost count of the number of times I have sat slumped at my desk at an impasse with a project, proposal or post only to finally admit this simple truth: that my only remaining option is to extract myself from the chair, put my walking shoes on, get a leash on the dog and head out for a walk.
Slogging through it, grinding it out, trying harder; these all have their place. But without careful attention to the energy they demand, their gravitational pull can lead us into a one-dimensional orbit of limited perspective.
When I get up and get moving, I invite my body to join my brain in a conversation of possibility. Turning hard questions over in my mind, my movement acts as a sharp spade, knifing through the impacted soil of my narrowed thought. I open up the gravelly earth of my thinking and discover what is hidden there, what can only be found with the gifts of space, movement, air and sun.
Inevitably, I surprise myself with a key word or thought that feels so obvious and so clear that I can only wonder why I waited so long to get this change of scenery. Sometimes, instead of insisting on figuring it out in a sustained glut of effort, the best I can do is to create the conditions most likely to aid my search for a new way forward.
We are not made for slumping in chairs, ponderously waiting for a splash of revelation. We are made to get moving and to go out and find it.
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3 年Thanks for sharing David!
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4 年Great post David Berry !! Being a perfectionist I can definitely relate to this, I have also found that stepping away and going for a walk or reading a book does wonders for me when I go back to what I was stuck on.
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4 年Stuckness : to me is nothing more than broken focus. Admittedly as human beings we get distracted, but if we STAY distracted we most likely won’t be able to prepare for WHATS coming and unpreparedness leads to indecision and indecision leads to major insecurities that prevent us from MOVING with confidence! The more that we learn how deal with distractions, the more we are able to keep moving!!!
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4 年Good idea lets keep moving
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4 年Outstanding post, Dave. And, beautifully written!