RP on Resilience – Do you trust yourself & your vision enough to go through the discomfort? Ideas to help (& insight on why it’s tough)

Insights To Help You Take The Necessary Risks, Find the Patience, and Actually Change Habits, Processes, or Corporate Culture

Hello Readers ,

Happy lunar new year.🐉 Thank goodness for the many symbolic opportunities to make our desired improvements!

And if you are in the USA, happy Black History Month (February)! Women’s History Month (March) is coming up. These are great opportunities for focused learning and broadening our perspectives. Thank G-d for those including diverse insights. Although it can be challenging to change & ponder other perspectives, the decisions and progress are much more informed and resilient. Yes, I’ve written a few articles on that. I shared an article on how best to communicate corporate citizenship efforts in the last newsletter. And, I will share a statistics filled article in the near future illustrating how it makes cultural, geopolitical, and financial sense. In the meantime, here’s the friends’ link to an article on some of China’s approach to what I call “the alphabet soup of corporate citizenship); and case studies of two companies in China.

In January, I asked you what your dreams are/were for 2024? Today, I ask you if you trust yourself and your vision enough… to go through the discomfort, and take the risks necessary, to make the changes you want. We can’t really control others, but can inspire or guide, by modeling healthier habits and creating practices in our companies or teams. So, what habits would you like to shift, to make things go more smoothly in 2024 and beyond?

NB: If you watch the video on youtube.com, you can see the subtitles or captions.

Our brains are hardwired to follow the easiest, familiar path, to conserve energy — we didn’t always have food security (and many still don’t). And habits can be immensely helpful and efficient. But contexts change, so organizational or personal culture & practices need to shift as well. We have to do some research and quiet the noise. Then, choose how we’ll adapt ourselves or our business, and trust ourselves and our vision enough to move through the discomfort.

I’ve seen this need for compassion + flexibility + focus + confidence (& a pinch of humility, the birth place of invention), in my merger and reorganization facilitation work, in my business coaching, and in my own life. It’s not easy, and not always successfully sustained. For example, I’m learning to get comfortable on video — early-2023-me is amazed, and 2025-me might cringe (and I welcome your suggestions for improvement — 🙏🏼kindly, please). 💡New habits are not a light switch, but a process and practice… creating and supporting progress.

🌱If you would like to join a small group of leaders (confidentiality, respectful, and fun driven) to compare notes and exchange support in managing shifting sands and upgrading our mental habits, check out the opportunity starting with Spring, on March 26. Feel free to schedule a free 30-minute call with me to ask any questions.  *Newsletter subscribers get a 25% discount with code newsletter25.  Just think of how much happier and more productive you will be, when you are on the other side of the habit shifting, and with simple, mental fitness techniques to sustain it!

My message summary

🐉Happy Lunar New Year, and video — are you allowing yourself to trust yourself and your vision through the discomfort, as you shift to a new (personal or professional) habit;

🌱Consider this opportunity to move beyond internalized gaslighting and tap into your courage & wisdom to make the changes you want in your business or team, relationships and health with a small group of fellow SMB/SME leaders, navigating change and complexity. We will work not only on the insight, but on actually building the mental muscles to sustain the new habits. Check out what other execs have said, in the testimonials on the home page, or the FAQ on the core of the approach. *Newsletter subscribers get a 25% discount with code newsletter25, through March 11. The program distills insights from neuroscience, positive psychology, performance science and the world’s wisdom traditions, and starts March 26, 2024 .

❓Do you have grant lead suggestions? I self-funded my 25-article series on resilient corporate culture & citizenship (the links I’ve been sharing in these newsletters), and now will interview 40–50 CxOs and ESG/CSR professionals for the final 5 or 6 articles. I am researching grant possibilities (about $24k) to support the interviews and writing work. If you have any suggestions, I appreciate the leads. And I promise I’ll make you look like a rock star 🤓👩‍🎤

➡️Check out (the access-for-free) links above (2nd paragraph) to two helpful SME/SMB growth-culture resources. And, fyi, as always, you can

• 📺Check here for the videos, previously shared, on some mental fitness, navigating this fast-changing-world concepts.
• 📖Check here, for all the articles in my “alphabet soup of corporate citizenship — how to become what the market increasingly demands, so you inspire, surf and succeed.”
• 📲Message me or book a call/zoom if you have any questions about the articles, their concepts, or the program and pricing for your group.

So, friends and colleagues, may your reflections and actions continue to take you, your relationships, and your business toward your dreams. I look forward to sharing some of my resources, and to crossing paths.

Thanks for reading.
Rachel