The Tea-Master's Column

I first heard this term "Comfortable Being Uncomfortable", 4 years ago when I first joined this company and written it down on my office whiteboard. To me it was another of those nice sayings and did not give much thought to this and it just passed off my memory. However, as part of a new Leadership series that am part of - when I again heard this term being repeated and elaborated upon, I was truly intrigued. Consider this, what does it take a seed to germinate. After soaking in water overnight, it needs to be pushed inside the tilled soil for the roots to grow and shoots to come out. It cannot just grow otherwise. Similarly, routines and habits make you feel at ease, in control and dull your sensitivities and creativity. Routines take less energy, require little effort and reduce creativity needed for problem solving. Sometimes, you just need those moments of chaos to shrug ourselves and wake up our brain from laziness. So, when challenge comes up - we are not running, hidi...

This year I have re-committed myself to journaling at least once every week. It helps clarify my thoughts and put things into perspective.  There are 2 forces that control your life - FAITH and FEAR. Consider  How do you accept your core? NE - New Experiences PM - Physical Mastery  & CM - Cognitive Mastery RBB - Rewire your brain and body PM is how you respond on a bad day. Adversity is a demonstration of true character. CM is when its in our mind as a natural thing.  NE is when you are actively involving yourself by coming out of the resting place and breaking the condition of being.  Our survival brain is our biggest enemy. So, we need to put NE + PM = RBB to rewire our brain and body!  What will guarantee your failure ? RA - Running Away RS - Rationalize softening NC - Not Corrigible/Coachable CM - Closed Mind RA is arguing for our limitations, not showing up and willing to be vulnerable.  RS is when you tell yourself that status quo is o...