Oct
12
The Hudson Institute of Santa Barbara was one of the early coaching and leadership development organizations to recognize that for organizations and individuals, shifting from old models of linear hierarchical control to a 21st century world of flow and opportunity means we need to develop new skills to live and work creatively. With less predictability and safety, we need to be more entrepreneurial in outlook and master the art of staying anchored in purpose, passion, vision, and staying power. If you were born in the 50s or before, that could be a sea change! – and perhaps intimately connected to themes in your midlife sojourn. Click on their homepage to find out where you are on the renewal cycle and take the Transition Quiz. These ten qualities of self-renewing adults can lend vision and direction to guide your next steps – or affirm where you are.
1. VALUE DRIVEN
Primary anchors within self
Time gets organized around critical priorities
2. CONNECTED TO THE WORLD
Caring and Communicating
Listen and Empathize
Networking and Seeking
3. CREATE SOLITUDE AND QUIET
Removing oneself voluntarily from one’s habitual environment promotes understanding and perspective that transcends day-to-day life
4. GOOD PACING
Life is more than work, work, work, do, do, do…
It is QUALITY rather than schedules
INTEGRITY rather than applause
5. CONTACT WITH NATURE
Nature is a universal resource for renewal – Use It!
6. CREATIVE AND PLAYFUL
Staying alive by taking life in
7. ADAPTIVE TO CHANGE
Allowing ourselves to pursue best options
8. LEARN FROM THE DOWN TIMES
Learn more from our failures and our down times than from our long and sweet plateaus
9. ALWAYS IN TRAINING
When learning, we feel drawn to new possibilities
10. FUTURE ORIENTED
Look for challenges to deepen our experience and make a difference in the world
