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Control What You Can
Chaos and uncertainty make us want to shut down and become disengaged.
The idea of staying calm and focusing on what you can control keeps us engaged and aimed towards a possible solution.
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Acting or responding to a situation is always better than mindless reaction, which itself leads to further chaos.
Taking action, even if it is a small asserting of control, keeps us moving forward.
Sometimes the only person we can trust is ourselves.
Practicing self-discipline and self-direction makes us fit to lead, and can be achieved by:
- Knowing oneself
- Knowing your leadership style
- Knowing your strengths and weaknesses.
Being open to help, setting your ego aside, is always a great idea.
Taking help from our seniors, our peers and most importantly, outsiders can work wonders to get our chaotic situation in order.
Outsiders provide us with a perspective we miss, being too close t...
In chaotic conditions, we are lost in urgent matters and forget the big picture.
Without a big picture, or a 'Why' to motivate us, and guide us in the dark, we can forever be lost in the jungle of chaos.
Taking inspired positive action, can make a chaotic situation disappear, and make us come out of the problem more powerful than we were before.
The CHAOTIC Leadership Model is a set of principles that enable us to perform despite the chaos around us. The acronym stands for:
- Control what you can
- Honesty with yourself and others
- Act, don’t react
- Open yourself to help
- Take charge of yourself
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- Replace expectations with plans. You can guide your tomorrow, but you can’t control the exact outcome.
- Prepare for different possibilities.
- Become a feeling observer. It isn’t the uncertainty that usually bothers you; it’s the tendency to get lost in your...
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What you need to maneuver through a world of uncertainty is a sense of optimism—an attitude characterized by hope and confidence in a positive future.
Optimistic attitudes are linked to a number of benefits, including better coping skills, lower stress and anxiety level...
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As we face uncertainty, our brains push us to overreact in a place where emotions, such as anxiety and fear, are generated. And these inhibit good decision-making.
Overriding this mechanism to shift this thinking in a rational direction requires emot...
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