Take the Easy Way Out

“How can this be easy?” 

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If you listened to a Bright Morning team meeting or 1:1 check-in, odds are that you would hear someone ask this question. 

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You’d also hear us deciding not to do things. Sometimes that’s the best answer to how things could be easier. 

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Earlier today we were making a decision that could have gone either way. After deciding to move forward the conversation stalled with all of the additional considerations and complications we’d need to think through, people who would need to be looped in, and so on. I stopped everyone and said, “Nope, decision reversed. This isn’t essential, and the amount of discussion we just engaged in the last 5 minutes demonstrates this requires more lift than we have the energy to give right now.” I could feel the grateful exhales. 

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There are some non-negotiable things that we have to do. There are also a great many things that we can say no to, choose to postpone, or just make a bit easier. 

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What can you make easier today?

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