Courage

Our spiritual, emotional, and intellectual well-being depends on the world making sense to us. That is, the pattern of meaning that we have internalized that provides a confidence of predictability.

When that schema is disrupted through an experience that creates a Paradigm Shift, a profound chaos is threatens that can lead us into our deepest fears of losing control.

When we walk a path of deep learning, we are challenged to walk outside our existing schema. By so doing, we have to face our fear of chaos.

We have to become Comfortable being Uncomfortable.

For a teacher who has taught using a traditional instructional model for many years, this fear is real. For a manager who has run a company using a hierarchical command and control structure, this fear is real.

We need to name the fear. Then have the courage to walk into it.

But this journey cannot be undertaken unless we trust our leadership and team members. A trust that everyone is authentically living shared Core Values.