True Badge of Honour | Scale | Science of Scaling
Hello there! Welcome to my weekly LEAPS.
You’re receiving this email because you subscribed to my weekly Wednesday feature or our mailing list. Every Wednesday, I share 5 things using our LEAPS approach:
Learn: something new or an idea
Energy: an energy (good or bad) word and it’s meaning
Action: something to do
Processing: a question to consider
Shout out: something or someone that I want to celebrate or acknowledge
LEARN
Something Worth Sharing
True Badge of Honour
A dear friend - virtually part of our family - has been through the mill recently with his health. Things got so bad that he was moved to intensive care and his close family flew across the world to be with him, fearing the worst. Thankfully, he has now been discharged from hospital and continues to make good progress. While chatting to him on a video call a few days ago, he said that he was yet to process what had happened to him and to his wife.
Admitting that something has - and potentially still is - impacting us is not easy. As leaders, parents, teachers and anyone else with responsibilities to others, this is especially challenging. Being able to admit to yourself that something has impacted you is the first step. This can even mean being able to give yourself permission to say that something hurt, has worried you, isn’t something to simply brush off and so on. Following this, we need to be able to admit to others that we are dealing with tough stuff, that there was - or is - something impacting us.
I hate people wallowing in self-pity and playing the victim, however I’ve come to realise that simply admitting to yourself and others that you aren’t invincible, that things can go wrong, upset and challenge you is a strength. The willingness to be vulnerable and take ownership of yourself and what is impacting you is actually a positive. For much of my life I felt that admitting I have or am being impacted was a weakness and sign of failure. I felt that ‘I’m fine’ was enough and what everyone wanted to hear - including myself!
I know that this will resonate with many of you. Holding these things in and suffering in silence isn’t a badge of honour - admitting to yourself how you feel and asking for help, that’s the true badge of honour.
ENERGY
An emotion or energy; a stand-out word / s
Scale
This week’s book that inspired the visual I’m gifting you focuses on scaling up your business - and life. The word SCALE is from Proto-Germanic skæla meaning "to split, divide". This stems from PIE root SKEL meaning "to cut".
Scale can be up or down!
ACTION
Something small that you can do that might make a big difference
Acknowledge The Impacts
Following my Learn this week, I’ve been scribbling down what has, and is, truly impacting me - and what I intend to do about each one. This action is something I’m encouraging you to do, whether you also write it down or just share with someone.
PROCESSING
A question to think about and consider (you can discuss this with someone or write your thoughts down)
“In what ways would I like to scale up my life? How can I put this into action?”
This week’s question is pretty self-explanatory. I’ve come across a few people recently who spend their time thinking and acting ‘small’. We have encouraged them to think bigger - in other words, scale up!
I’d love for you to send me your own stories / thoughts about this. Drop me a line with your answer / thoughts on this question
SHOUT OUT
Who / what I think deserves recognition - my gratitude or to be celebrated.
Benjamin P Hardy
I don’t often shout out individuals, but this week I loved his book so much I am shouting out author Ben Hardy. See below!
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LEAPS is a process used by our team and clients all the time - and even my own family on a daily basis.
I’ll be sharing a set of LEAPS each week with you and encourage you to do your own version:
L: what have you learned?
E: what’s your energy / feeling word
A: what’s one thing you need to do?
P: what are you thinking / processing?
S: who or what can you shout out?
