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13 November 2007

Everything looks like a failure in the middle

These 3 principles (extracted from her talk and repurposed) can help you get through it.

1) An open mind: remember a spirit of discovery and progress.

2) A higher purpose and sense of meaning. Keep breathing and think of how this fits into your bigger picture. Recalibrate your stress level (i.e. ‘don’t sweat the small stuff’).

3) Common ground. Inclusiveness and shared responsibility: ask for help, advice, support.

And get some fresh inspiration–as Stewart Brand said: “Get out and connect with the street, with nature, with the world.”

clipped from blog.longnow.org
“Everything looks like a failure in the middle.” Any new enterprise, Kanter explained, encounters roadblocks. As the obstacles multiply, the situation looks hopeless. That’s when deeply held principles and and the long view are most needed to get you past the panic.

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