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In the rush of life we can lose sight ourselves. We can be hammered flat by a poor working environment, bullying leadership, or the stress of having too much to do in any given day.

We trudge through our existence and the little spark that is us, grows dim inside.

The trouble is that often we do not see this change for ourselves and we only realise our spark is dim when it all becomes too much and we fall over and exit the situation.

I exist.

You exist.

We are important.

We have value.

You can stop ‘putting up with’ a poor working life.

We can all keep our feet on the ground, be present-centred and decide what we need to do next, in order to enhance our health and well being.

For example, I have recently called-out a problem of bullying within an organisation. Having a constructive difference of opinion is one thing, but labelling people and falsely accusing them of poor behaviour is not ‘tough leadership’. It is bullying, pure and simple and deserves not to be tolerated. We exist – we can find our voice. We exist – we can make changes.

Think about it.

Next week: The Value Of Stopping

If I was to ask you who, or what, is important in your business …what is the first thing that comes to mind?

Customers?

Great service?

Cashflow?

Well, although these are important, the answer that few people come up with instinctively is:

I am.

Being important doesn’t imply arrogance. It’s a simple statement of fact. We are the most important part of our business and we count, we matter, we have worth. Yet often we can forget this and put others first. Being important gives us permission to find our voice and ask for what we really need. Being important means that we can make decisions to enhance our own health and wellbeing. 

Being important needs to be at the centre of our business.

This week take time to reflect on the question at the start of this piece. We can know that we are important.

Next week: Existing Not Exiting