𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞: 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞.

As we grow professionally, it’s important to balance being active and staying humble.

Being active towards all the problems we face is common corporate expectation, but sometimes being active is just to show that I’m active even though only thing you need is acceptance and being humble of circumstances.

Being active helps us move forward, achieve goals, and come up with new ideas. Trying to control everything can be tempting and people still think that they are bigger than life and they can control life. The result is burnout.

On the other hand, being humble means accepting life as it comes and being okay with who we are, without trying to do something that pretend something what you’re not. In corporate world there is games you will never win anyway. I tried. A lot. I have seen. A lot. This never worked.

Finding the right mix of these two is where real growth and happiness happen. You should be active, but you should also be honest with yourself when to accept things like they are (this is not giving up and letting go, acceptance is active energy).

Good examples are laying off (FTE pressure) and changes of corporate structure. It’s surprising to see how many people are so stressed of those kind of inevitable corporate life-cycle.

Life can be much more enjoyable if we sometimes just accept life and corporate rhytms and games like they are. Observer has usually more fun and joy in life than stressed-out victim.

Picture by Maddy Freddie