How to Scale the Plateau

Question: "How do you scale a plateau?"

?"You turn it up!"

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“You walk on it”

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Question: "Are you turning up?" OR Question: "How do you scale a plateau?"

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As a teenager, I was captivated by the East African Plateau in my geography lessons. It seemed like a magical place I'd never reach but I allowed myself the indulgence of dreaming and contemplating what it would be like in the vast expansion that touches the infinite sky.

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Is your growth finite or infinite like the sky?

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Perhaps our plateaus are exactly the right place to set where there’s no obstruction or barriers to what we have in sight for ourselves in terms of our own growth and actualisation.? And yet, that place between places can last months or even years for some, so how do you keep on track?

To navigate life's plateaus:

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• Acknowledge and accept that you are actually on a plateau
• Celebrate your progress and transformation
• Commit to daily mental fitness
• Consult with your wiser old self about what truly matters
• Seek the teachings from being in the plateau
• Lean in and commit to what self-actualisation means for you
• Keep taking small sufficient steps

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As part of my recent PQ coaching and Mental fitness training by Coach Shirzard, I have been learning about “Accept or Convert”. Essentially Accept means just that, accept the situation for now and have peace with it instead of letting the situation wear you down.? The second part of it is to “convert” and thinking of the gift or opportunity in the situation.? And this aligns very well with the Sinek’s Circles of Influence.

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"It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves." - Sir Edmund Hillary        

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Hillary's quote beautifully captures the essence of personal growth and overcoming challenges. It reminds us that the obstacles we face in life are often reflections of our inner struggles, and that by conquering ourselves, we can overcome any mountain, be it literal or figurative.

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The works of Stephen Covey's "Circles of Influence" and Simon Sinek's emphasis on purpose and influence both focusing on what we can control and aligning our actions with our values and purpose, so we can create positive change and overcome the plateaus we encounter.

So, I will ask you again, "How do you scale a plateau?"

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Secondly, “And are you in command of this?”

Thank you for your valuable time to read this. What do you think the buffalo is up to? Self Command or Not? How does this notion of the 'plateau' resonate with you? How do you navigate the plateaus?

Let's have a contagion - All I ask, 10% of what you like plus something you can add to this as Coach Shirzard taught me recently.

With love and anticipation, Juliet :)