Serendipity and Learning

A few weeks back I received this image. I saw it on Twitter and then someone forwarded it to me as well and I couldnt help but agree with it. While this is about writing, it is true about any other project as well. I love this graphic because of the simplicity with which it tackles the topic! This is the emotional journey of creating anything...Currently with a couple of projects in that swamp of despair, I can so relate to it.   

Recently, I was talking about Learning journeys and I realised that learning journeys are like a glider. Take off a cliff and then it goes down until it hits an updraft. And in learning journeys those periodic updrafts are necessary to be provided so that the journey is in place till the landing... Passing thought....

As the Leader of a reasonably large sized team, the team does have ups and down. Sometimes, an initiative we design does not see light of day or is rejected by stakeholders. Sometimes, it is a moment of frustration. Sometimes it is dejection. These things keep happening. One of my managers told me the other day, "The one thing I see about is a never say die quality. Whatever happens - be it the worst thing - you only see it as an opportunity and you always see the positive side" As a leader, we do not have a choice. You cannot be dejected or have a hang dog expression. It is important to keep the spirits up. It is important to show a positive direction to people. And when you go off on the entrepreneurial journey, some amount of optimism is needed. Well, correction. A large dose of unbridled optimism is required. And this time, there is no team. All that optimism is for you, with you, inside you. I have read all I can about this. How to handle rejection. How not to c...