Discover Your Pace

In a world of disagreement, there is one thing upon which we can agree. The world is spinning faster and faster like some kind of runaway train. Jumping off could prove to be fatal, however, staying on board has its own share of danger. The challenge we face is the responsibility for discovering our pace and embracing it.

You don't want to be a statistic in this life. Studies are reporting an increasing number of people who are disengaged in life and in work. People wake up and show up but they are never really there. First, they have out run their own spirit. Their reason why has gotten lost in the pace of the race. They have simply lost touch with their own motivation and they don't know how or where to find it. Discovering your personal pace begins by connecting with yourself spiritually and declaring what is important to you.

Studies are also showing that we are a significantly unhealthy group people. We eat too much and sleep too little. We sit too much and walk too little. We spend too much and save too little. The bottom line is our personal energy is in a constant state of depletion. We are like a balloon with a slow leak or a car with a hole in its tank. If we don't take time to take care of ourselves, we simply will not be able to keep up. Understanding the energy involved is essential to creating the pace required.

Relationships have taken a hit. Marriages are in crisis. The families being created in their wake are in corresponding turmoil. Friendships are being supplanted by IPhones and social networking. Face time is being traded in for Facebook or unlimited minutes for texting. Embracing our ever increasing need for personal relationship is vital to establishing the schedule of priorities we represent.

The professional realm is all about reinvention. On a macro level, it is about creating an entirely new economy. On a micro level, it is about discovering an entirely new means of expressing and supporting ourselves. Personal commitment to contemporary information and learning is a requirement that goes beyond formal education.

Tony Schwart has recently written a timely book entitled, The Way We Are Working, Isn't Working: The Four Forgotten Needs That Energize Great Performance. If you haven't read it, this would be a great place to begin. With humility, I also encourage you to read my book, The Power of Purposed Performance. Both books emphasize the need for doing this life differently. Discovering your pace requires understanding you and you are more complex than you think. Don't take you for granted. Pay attention to yourself. Respond to what you see. Do well, my friends.