I Ate My Own Dog Food - I loved It !!

Let me take a page from a good friend's book and allow myself to be transparent. (Friend you know who you are.) Many of my days, I have often felt like an unwanted stepchild in my professional and human space of existence. I became very unstuck; my mind was enslaved to an emotional state of fear flight fight freeze that was being reinforced by the world around me. I was trapped for weeks. It was like I had transformed into a hamster

I was in the annoying spinning wheel and using flight to keep me running in the same direction getting nowhere but back into the same systems of feelings. I was functional but not flourishing.

I made a statement to some students that if you apply Scrum Theory to everyday living, you will always have the momentum to move forward through anything. Your focus will allow you to have the courage to commit to moving forward, living with intentional openness because you have learned to respect the fact that your existence has a purpose. 

When I heard my mouth say that I knew Scrum was my answer to everyday living.

This framework that I had taught to organizations around the world had opened my mental cage and empowered me to take back my personal power.

Wow the dog food was okay and I need to 'eat more'.

An adaptation I have made to personal Scrums are affirmations. The one that begins my day;

"Today, I may be afraid to be all that I am, but I choose to have courage. I am grateful for the gift of life and time that is mine and I will use it to bring light and inspiration to every interaction I have."

I ate my own dog food, and it didn't poison me; it made me better, more resilient. Life is going to throw the unexpected and demand I respond to change over following my plans. I can do that every day by following and embracing the three pillars of Scrum.

I must remain committed to staying transparent with myself, allowing myself the pause and space to be Inspected, and then having the courage to enact the necessary Adaptation. It won't always be easy, but nothing amazing ever is. Innovation is still possible if we are okay to take each day as an experiment on this journey called life. 

I invite you to follow, connect, and collaborate with me if you want to be able to continually innovate yourself to produce a thriving, adaptable life.