Navigating through the uncertain times

The corona virus pandemic is nothing like what we have seen before. This is an unchartered territory having a profound impact on our personal and professional lives. It is difficult to visualise how our world would be when we get this behind us. In the midst of uncertainty, it is common to be overwhelmed, anxious and wonder how to navigate through it. I remember a quote from Jack Canfield, a famous author –

“Think of a car driving through the night, the headlights only go a 100 to 200 feet forward and you can make it all the way from California to New York driving through the dark as all you have to see is next 200 feet. That’s how life tends to unfold before us. If we just TRUST, the next 200 feet will unfold after that and then the next 200 feet…

Life will keep unfolding, and it will eventually get us to the destination we truly want.”

It’s not about being optimistic or pessimistic. As Jim Collins explains “The Stockdale Paradox” in “Good to Great” –

“We will all experience disappointing and crushing events somewhere along the way … What separates people, is not the presence or absence of difficulty, but how they deal with the inevitable difficulties of life. In wrestling with life’s challenges, you must retain the FAITH that you will prevail in the end, regardless of the difficulties AND you must also CONFRONT the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be.”

Let’s cut through the clutter and focus on the few things that would have a great impact on us, our families, our organisations and the world.

Stay safe, have faith and be in action ??