Karen Restivo
In Other Words
Everyone wants a seat at the Boardroom table with voting power to predict and promote what is best for everyone even if it is only one human involved- you.
Your feelings have specific job descriptions and it’s your responsibility to discern and deliver judgment calls based on your ability to respond rather than react.
Some of your outspoken department heads being referenced: fear, anxiety, doubt, anger, sadness, insecurity, overthinking and ego.
Every decision you make filters through this gauntlet of inner critics. Sarah Campbell @beautyofperspectives points out the critical challenges faced when your department heads go unregulated:
Fear’s job is to lie. Your job is to not believe it.
Anxiety’s job is to predict. Your job is to stay present.
Doubt’s job is to question. Your job is to trust yourself anyway.
Anger’s job is to protect. Your job. Is to respond, not react.
Sadness’s job is to release. Your job is to let it move through you.
Insecurity’s job is to compare. Your job is to come back to your worth.
Overthinking’s job is to control. Your job is to let go.
Ego’s job is to defend. Your job is to stay open.
The department heads will never stop doing their jobs—that is not the goal.
sounds the alarm. Anxiety continually scans the horizon. Doubt repeatedly raises its hand.
But an experienced leader manages her team. She listens, discerns, and then decides.
In other words, the next time fear takes the floor, let it speak—then call the vote.
The next time ego rises to defend what no longer serves you, thank it for its service and table the motion.
There will be many challenging times when you’ll look your boardroom inner critics square in the eyes and choose to respond rather than react. That’s the mark of a seasoned leader exercising wisdom in action.
Karenrestivo57@gmail.com