💬 What mantra lifts your spirits when you're in a slump?

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Earlier this week I dropped into the Strategic Pivoting class at Stanford GSB as a guest lecturer—with enormous thanks to professor Allison Kluger who built the syllabus around my second book, Pivot.

Pre-pandemic I would attend one or two sessions in person, but now I zoom in for twenty-five minutes as a giant head floating on screens at the front of the classroom. I shudder to think at what the students see when my face is blown up to that size.

Before my rambling portion (I am rustier than ever), Allison told a story about grieving losses as we move through life, even for happy occasions like getting married or becoming a parent.

In those moments, she reminds herself: been there, done that. It acknowledges the grief of losing our ghost self, while also opening up to the personal growth that follows.¹

Upon hearing those words, it hit me just how much ambiguous loss I am working through after so much corporate work vanished these last few years, even if I know I am evolving toward something new.² I felt relief, even just for a moment.

Maybe I’ve been there, done that, and my soul and business are ready to experience something new. Clearly they are, or I wouldn’t be rolling in so much damn ‘doh. On Wednesday, I also shared my one wish for moving forward—there’s only ever one wish.³

I would love to hear from you: What mantra or reminder lifts you up when you’re in a life or business slump?

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