As a creative pioneer, I struggle with this. For those of you familiar with the concept of the five voices and how they shed light on our tendencies, you might know that creative pioneers tend to stay up late at night. Sleep is hard to embrace when we stay up thinking about how we could have done something better or reacted to someone or something differently.
I guess what I'm saying is that I can be hard on myself, and many of us can relate to this.
My wiring makes it difficult for me to move on once something has happened. This is a constant challenge for those wired like this. The doubt, second-guessing, and revisiting of events just make it hard to get some sleep and count some sheep!
Here's a quick example:
I've been trying to maintain a consistent journal and newsletter about my thoughts, ideas, experiences, memories, and everything in between. Especially now as I venture into my leadership company, I find that my tendencies surface. Just last week, I posted about the role we have in our organization and how that changes over time. While I know I read that over and over again, once I posted it, I found two errors.
This prompted me to think about failure and how kind or unkind we can be to ourselves.
I'm hard on myself, and the level of kindness I need to implement is crucial to my success, future plans, and personal development as a leader.
So, with humility, I thank those people I can always depend on to keep me in check and who contact me, saying, "Yo, bro, what's this? 😂...love the post as always, keep it up!"
Thank you for reminding me that it's alright to make a small mistake and keep moving towards long-term goals.
You remind me to be kind to myself and keep moving.
So, I wonder... What areas in your life are you being too hard on yourself about? Is it truly debilitating, or can you make note of your lesson and keep moving?
Either way, remember to be kind to yourself.