Isolation

It was only a few short years ago, as the pandemic took hold, that we were all ordered to self isolate to protect us from the danger of covid 19.

I think we are suffering, in the UK, from an equally pernicious disease right now that I will call hopelessness and negativity. The new prime Minister has stated that bringing hope back is his number one job.

It seems that everywhere we look, every news broadcast, every headline is full of negativity, incompetence and lack of ambition. In an environment like that it is difficult for ambition to exist let alone thrive and yet the whole foundation of free enterprise isn’t money, it is ambition and the desire to make life better. If we lose that hope or expectation we are in deep trouble both as a society and an economy.

As entrepreneurs and leaders we cannot allow ourselves to catch the pervasive negativity that seems to be infecting every level of society right now. We need to isolate and insulate ourselves from the mood of the day.

Personally, I don’t watch or listen to the news, by way of isolation. As Gandhi said “I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.”

So the questions for today are:

• What are you doing to maintain your equilibrium and positivity?
• How are you deliberately creating a can do mentality among your team?
• How are you navigating this Vuca world?

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