Getting serious for a moment:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s time to stop pretending that, if we can only hold out long enough, everything is going to go back to exactly how it was before this pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Please ignore what our so-called leaders are saying about miracle cures, quick fixes, and \u201cjust another couple weeks.\u201d These are harmful lies, peddled by scared people who quite simply don\u2019t know what to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I don\u2019t know what to do either. Not exactly. It\u2019s not drinking bleach, I\u2019ll tell you that much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Great leaders, coaches, and strategists acknowledge hard truths. They acknowledge a difficult or a changed situation and then make new plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This pandemic has wrought lasting changes on the world. We are only beginning to see the outlines of how it will be in these \u201cafter-times.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some things are gone forever, including far, far too many people. So we grieve, and then we heal, and eventually we thrive again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Buddhists say that \u201cattachment leads to suffering.\u201d This is not a moral judgement \u2013 but a simple acknowledgement of a rather obvious truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Recovery programs say: \u201cLet go or be dragged.\u201d Same deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s time to start building for the new future, even while we grieve the lost past, and also before we know how everything is going to turn out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I know this is hard. We\u2019re going to figure it out \u2013 together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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