Hi there,

Happy Monday!

Here is your weekly dose of The Monday 3: a quote, an insight and an action I’m taking from the last week.

I’d love you to forward this to one person who might find it useful.

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A quote I’m pondering

You must do things not just because they’re the opposite of what the crowd is doing, but because you know why the crowd is wrong.

Howard Marks, The Most Important Thing

An insight from conversation

As a society we seem obsessed with framing experiences as Positive and Negative.

The challenge with using Positive and Negative as descriptors is that so often a behaviour that moves us towards purpose, values, the people, the health, the work, the relationships, the goals and things most important to us does not feel positive. Especially in the beginning.

If we are constantly waiting to feel good, feel comfortable, feel confident, feel competent, we would never start anything.

The reframe I’m frequently speaking about and would love us to adopt is Towards and Away.

We need to get clear on what we are moving towards and be willing to accept the discomfort of those behaviours as the price of entry to doing what matters.

An action I’m taking

I now ask myself a simple question: Does this behaviour move me towards or away from what I truly care about?

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Is there one of these that really stood out for you? I’d love to hear your thoughts or suggestions too.

I hope you have a great week ahead.

With love,

Toby

Executive Coach, Speaker and Author

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