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Listen to find what is 'essential.'
Fred Rogers: "**I'm very concerned that our society is much more interested in information than wonder. In noise. Rather than silence.**
I have a little plaque in the office that says, **What is essential is invisible to the eye**. What we see is rarely what is essential. What's behind your face is what's essential."<video controls><source src="https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1772312715601600513/pu/pl/7WPbkkF2WpY4CURv.m3u8?tag=12&container=cmaf" type="application/x-mpegURL"><source src="https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1772312715601600513/pu/vid/avc1/480x270/pyQ4pp3ryDYXq0rZ.mp4?tag=12" type="video/mp4"><source src="https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1772312715601600513/pu/vid/avc1/640x360/iUFprSGYyKNEW_Ay.mp4?tag=12" type="video/mp4"><source src="https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1772312715601600513/pu/vid/avc1/1280x720/e7kpx5DEasfVDSmO.mp4?tag=12" type="video/mp4">Your browser does not support the video tag.</video>
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Drive up the tempo too much, and calm yields to excitement, and then to anxiety and panic (which is why driving up tempo is a big part of creating FUD, Fear-Uncertainty-Doubt, in adversarial situations; “shock and awe” is an extreme example). Add too much damping, and emotions swing the other way: calm yields to impatience, frustration, anger and finally, depressed acceptance. Our reaction to trauma or the death of a loved one – the ultimate example of a living tempo being reduced to a dead stop – goes through an exaggerated version of this reaction, the Kubler-Ross stages of denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance.
Leo Babauta frames a helpful way of connecting to the big picture in his book Zen Habits: Mastering the Art of Change. He talks about making a vow that’s connected to serving others. Leo gave up smoking as a commitment to his wife and newborn daughter. So think less about what your habit can do for you, and more about how this new habit will help a person or people you care about.
The Coaching Habit
Michael Bungay Stanier
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