Small change: fight the stop energy
First published onJan 14, 2025
We’ve all seen it: the moment in the meeting when any momentum gets killed stone dead by some objection, cynical comment or pointed question. There we were, making progress. And here we now are, not.
This is stop energy. And it is the enemy of optimism, possibility and imagination. It can arrive disguised as pragmatism or perfection-seeking. But its underlying objective is always the same: maintain the status quo, no matter how miserable.
2025 is going to be an unpredictable, challenging year. We know this because this has been the case with every year since [insert year of birth]. Faced with this reality, you have a choice: do you want to stop, or do you want to get going?
Something to consider: where do I need to stop the stop energy?
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