A Little Epiphany
ONE MORE STEP FORWARD
Oftentimes comes an event in our lives, one nothing short of an epiphany that accelerates the motion of our trajectory. It would be a gross exaggeration to say that it is this one event that completely changed our lives. So, while not attributing all breakthroughs to one singular cause, it is important to acknowledge the magnitude of impact it has on our lives.
In my journey as a Strategic Intervention and Peak Performance Coach, I’ve worked with a diverse portfolio of clients, ranging from Olymipians, Athletes, Entrepreneurs and now, Teenagers. A friend's 18yr old daughter was navigating a few identity shifts when I started working with her and it opened my eyes to the trials and turbulence of teenage years despite having just navigated them myself. As a 28 year old, I had recently walked through these years of change and had navigated the challenges that accompanied this stage of life. My vicarious experiences through clients this age was reflective of the hardships changing times had on adolescent minds. One of my core beliefs is that building resilience to resistance in the transformative years of life is imperative and the combined weightage of these factors led me to construct my program Self: E Evaluate, Evolve, Execute.
Earlier this year, I ran a masterclass of my program Self: E at the Harvard YLC Conference for 85 of the most capable minds and OH MY the experience has been gratifying at every level, so much so that I feel like a woman on a mission to integrate practical wisdom along with intellectual & performance virtues into the core curriculums at all schools and colleges as a part of their syllabi.
In my voyage as an agent of change, awareness of man's innate limitations is what helps me navigate through numerous challenges. Man’s fixation with the known and aversion to the unknown is a primitive mechanism, attributed to Evolutionary Time Lags. These lags emphasize on how some current mechanisms are not optimally suited to the problems of today but are carried on as remnants of solutions to hindrances from ages ago (Dawkins, 1982). These fixed systems make it increasingly difficult for us to champion through the problems of today. But, just like all set and practised systems in the world are rigid and hard to change, I do anticipate a few roadblocks in my journey but walking through them is what makes this journey called life so worth looking forward to.
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