Steps

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Despite popular belief, the first step is not the hardest.
In fact, getting going is relatively easy.
Your mind is effective at orienting around new or novel directions; even taking the first few steps.


Step 7,324 is much more difficult.
Your feet are tired and your cognitive capacity is balancing other, newer, more novel directions.
This is the point where the psychological ability for grit greatly influences success or failure.


January 1 does not represent the biggest hurdle in making a pivot.
Seeing a new path forward certainly requires its own set of skills and presents a unique challenge.
But around January 21, you might notice that the steps get a little harder; there is a reason for that.


As a leader, how do you actively plan for the dip in tenacity that occurs once you have been going for awhile?
Leadership is as much about creating the conditions to sustain habits as it is about building them.



Coffee Friday beats Blue Monday,
- Morning Cup

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