Chris Parry
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Chris Parry
"I am not a fool, but I respect your sincerity in asking my advice. I ask you though, in listening to what I say, to remember that all advice can only be a product of the man who gives it. What is truth to one may be disaster to another. I do not see life through your eyes, nor you through mine. If I were to attempt to give you specific advice, it
... See moreEverything has its season,
all exists in oscillation.
“What gets measured gets done,” Peter Drucker once famously said. But the terrible thing is that this often translates to the only things getting done being the things easily measured. And much of the richness, meaning, and fulfilment in life come from the things that can’t be measured easily
‘Let go of certainty,' says author and journalist Tony Schwartz. ‘The opposite isn't uncertainty. It's openness, curiosity and a willingness to embrace paradox, rather than choose up sides.'
“In the past, jobs were about muscles. Now they’re about brains, but in the future, they’ll be about the heart.”
The only escape is to think differently, and lean into the uncomfortable complexity and paradox inherent within the infinite possibilities of an uncertain future.
The word priority was originally derived from the Latin word "prioritas," which means "to come first." There is no plural in first. There can only ever be one true priority. Overwhelm is a symptom. Having multiple priorities is often the cause.
Trying to navigate more than one priority often results in a chaotic juggle where, despite our best... See more
Trying to navigate more than one priority often results in a chaotic juggle where, despite our best... See more
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