You may never know ....

You may never know what, and how much of 'it' you have within you, until you ‘rise to the challenge’, ‘take up the gauntlet’, or ‘receive the baton’.

These terms are challenging for different reasons. Rising is a different posture to kneeling or sitting. In rising we change from a stance that is possibly very comfortable (or not) in order to achieve greater than we have so far. In taking up the gauntlet we recognise that for us to overcome the challenge we have to use new/different tactics to those we have before. Receiving the baton calls for the runner to get ready, be aware of the speed and timing of their colleague, and have expectation of success. Once within their grasp the runner has taken responsibility for ensuring their team achieves the goal.

Opportunities are sometimes presented as challenges. How we perceive these has implications for our management of them.  How we managed them impacts how people in our sphere of influence view us.  How they view us, has implications for the level of confidence and trust they develop in us. The depth of their confidence and trust in us has implications for how, and in what direction we advance.  You may never perceive and improve until you rise, take or receive.