Personal Mastery

You do not rise to the level of your knowledge… you fall to the level of your personal mastery.

To thrive in our rapidly changing times, we need to be more powerfully human. Emotional self-mastery, creative resourcefulness and interpersonal intelligence will be key qualities of high performance in the age of global disruption and artificial intelligence.

We also need to be more than just resilient (able to bounce back from adversity). A crucial factor of creating wellbeing and success in our VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous) world is personal antifragility.

Antifragility is the ability to actually gain from the pressure of negative events. Although usually expressed as a set of principles for improving large complex systems, the concept is also very powerful for individuals. Being antifragile on a personal level means being primed to benefit no matter the circumstances. It is a state of readiness that welcomes and takes advantage of uncertainty. It is a state of being that creates opportunities.

Connecting the dots to the real-world:

The broad goal of Personal Mastery is to bring together IQ (intellect), EQ (emotional intelligence), AQ (adaptive intelligence), and RQ (relationship intelligence) in a way that promotes the ability to achieve goals and make an impact regardless of external pressures.

While this is a long-term endeavour, it is also exciting to identify and quickly achieve abilities that drive immediate results. My executive coaching and consulting specializes in simplifying and accelerating that journey.

Three general categories of exploration:

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    • Regulate emotions

    • Gain awareness of blind spots

    • Increase access to personal wisdom (details)

    • Grow comfort zones

    • Be non-attached to outcomes

    • More details -> here

    • Expand your knowledge (details)

    • Cultivate imagination

    • Strengthen intuition (details)

    • Develop mental agility

    • Expand through transferable skills

    • Create more time and capacity

    • Create your own luck (details)

    • Form your network and inner circle (details)

    • Become rigourously focused on true priorities

    • More ideas -> here

“Okay, this is it. This is the one. You get to be the lead, and you get to take on a character that’s going to use every aspect of your talent … your instrument. It’s going to challenge you in ways you’ve never been challenged before.”

- Film Director Christopher Nolan offering the role of J. Robert Oppenheimer to actor Cillian Murphy

If this statement resonates with you even though you’re not an actor, I’m with you. I think the sentiment is an inspirational challenge to bring to life all of our hidden abilities. A powerful call to action to rise to the occasion, whatever that means for each of us.