When Your World Stops
What to Do When Your World Stops:
Learning & Retention Tip: Seek Out 1-3 specific pieces of information that have value and significance to you. Write it down and review it 2 times in 24 hours.
On Tuesday, after 54 hours of natural labor my oldest daughter gave birth to an 8 lb baby girl: Therese Zelie, because of the intensity of delivery, my daughter hemorrhaged and my world stopped.
When priorities are clear, decisions are easy. The clients and meetings scheduled for this past week into part of next week quickly got bumped into the future so that I could be hear now with my daughter in her recovery journey.
Back in 2006 my world stopped as well, when I was diagnosed with advanced cancer one week prior to my final divorce court date.
With three young children, 8, 10 and 12 I had one focus: CHOOSE LIFE no matter what the doctors told me I gave more authority to the strength of God within me than to the diagnosis for the sake of three lives that depended upon my presence on earth.
If I gave authority to the diagnosis to define what I believed I could handle successfully in and through the strength of God, I would not be here to witness the birth of my first Grandchild and care for my daughter.
What does it mean when your world stops?
Your world stops when the things that have been occupying your mind instantly drop out of your metal radar and are replaced with a clarity of focus around what you value most in life as a result of a life changing event. Clarity of focus leads to accuracy of response.
When was the last time your world stopped?
Can you imagine if you could transfer the experience of clarity gained as a result of acute focus around what you value most how quickly you would be able make decisions?
This is applicable professionally and personally.
In Sherpa Executive Coaching we offer clients a tool called: Values Clarification. It is one of my favorite tools because when you know what you value most, as well as what the people entrusted to your care value most, your ability to lead with impact expands dramatically.
Do you know your top 5 Values in Life?
Many times stress and anxiety increase when your behavior is not aligned with what you value most.
Why?
Because your soul knows you are compromising the person you are created to be. Perhaps for a specific position? Or maybe for power? Popularity or Possessions?
At one point during my 5 year journey of treatment, I experienced a MRSA staph infection that pushed me into a near death experience. The only thing I remember was this thought:
How well did I love and serve those entrusted to my care?
Human beings make up families, teams and organizations.
When we get back to our basic needs for safety, security, meaning and significance, we can create cultures and environments that nurture fulfillment of those deep needs.
No degree, certification or achievement can dilute our basic needs.
People before things will always have the last say at the sunset of this life and will result in the biggest positive impact personally and professionally.
Take Action:
When your world stops. Pause and breathe.
Remember, you are not alone. Look at this as an opportunity to resurrect what you value most to the front lines of your behavior.
Identify and adjust perspectives, conclusions and behavior that have wondered away from what you value most.
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