Hi there,

Happy Monday!

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

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A quote I’m pondering

Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

Carl Jung

An insight from conversation

Villainy isn’t something that gets talked about too often. In his fascinating book, ***I Wear the Black Hat: Grappling with Villains (Real and Imagined),*** Chuck Klosterman explores the circumstances that turn a person into a villain.

One of the counterintuitive insights from this book is that a person can end up the villain in the public eye, is not necessarily because of right and wrong, but simply by being the one who speaks the most.

For ourselves then, in situations of past or current conflict, it can be hard not to express every detail in explaining our side of the story. Depending on our audience though, sometimes it’s best to distill the facts of the situation to a single sentence or two. This helps to change the focus in a conversation from what has been to what lies ahead.

An action I’m taking

If you have ever found joy in spending time at the beach, fishing, diving, snorkelling, surfing, sailing, swimming or basically anything to do with the ocean, then you must see the documentary Ocean with David Attenborough. It’s a heart wrenching, hopeful and fundamentally inspiring picture of our oceans and the incredible role they play for our planet. I loved it. My kids loved it. I can’t recommend it highly enough.

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Is there one of these that really stood out for you? I’d love to hear your thoughts or suggestions whether that’s a favourite quote or something else.

I hope you have a great week ahead.

With love,

Toby

PS: If you want to improve your decision making in pressure, check out my High Performance Decision Making event on the 12th of June >>