The pandemic has altered not only our physical lives but our emotional and mental states as well. Life changed for all of us, whether directly or indirectly, and it should have highlighted what was important.
Everyone is eagerly awaiting ‘getting back to normal.’ Maybe it is mobility, less containment, or the ability to see mouths and smiles. Do we genuinely want to get back to where we were not that long ago? Did we not learn and enrich ourselves in many ways?
Recognizing what has been essential is key and helps to permanently eliminate the distractions, the trivial, and immaterial that adds little value. Look to lose that which has taken you away from the essential and double down on where you have been enriched and added personal and professional value. This applies to organizations as well as people. How has your organization grown, where have you gained efficiencies and productivity?
We have reset.
What is essential?
What did we gain?
What did we eliminate?
Committing to understanding these changes will afford you discovered time, efficiencies, productivity, passion, and an enhanced state of happiness. A complete rewind may not be ideal after all, and why lose what good has been created.
