Seth Godin "Change is a word..." Seth Godin’s blog talked about stress being part of a successful journey into new ground and that there are plenty of journeys that are stress-free, which he called unfortunate because they take you were you expect. And that there is plenty of stress without a journey and is not going anywhere. Zen Habits "The Ideal Vs The Reality of Changing Your Life" The Zen Habits blog “The Ideal Vs The Reality of Changing Your Life,” is all about how before we attempt to make a change, we develop an ideal of what this change will look like and what the benefits and rewards will be. Then the blog illustrates how when embarking on a new exercise program or initiative the reality we meet will not match our ideas. For example, we won’t want to wake up every day at 6am to exercise or we’ll have to fight the “demon of procrastination.” The blog suggests to be open to meeting reality, to make your ideals but don’t force reality into your ideals and when it doesn’t feel abandon the change completely. Quiet Revolution "Can’t Stand Cocktail Parties? Adopt an Extrovert" This blog post discussed the challenges a self-described introvert has with socialization. Rather than demonizing group outings and events, the author found herself mimicking the extrovert tendencies of her husband to inspired her to navigate these unfamiliar waters. The title of the blog is misleading, it’s not about adopting an extrovert to be your guide through these events, but about looking at them for inspiration in your own behavior allowing the introvert to be in control rather than expecting to be ‘taken care of’ by an extrovert. I was eerily impressed with how much these three blogs connect with the first part of Tribal Leadership. I can see the group stage behaviors as outlined in Tribal Leadership. Zen Habits comments on ideals meeting reality is something that all groups struggle with but the group type would impact on how that conflict between ideal and Reality is resolved. Where a Stage 1 group would give up the effort at change, a Stage 5 would welcome and embrace the unexpected. Seth’s blog about non-stress journeys feels very Stage 2 to me, it related to people who just resign themselves to the work, but don’t feel inspired. While the journeys with stress is very Stage 4 to 5 where new ground is being broken. The stress with no journey harkens to Stage 1 groups where there is stress but no movement to making anything better. The thoughts on introverts at parties to me also connects with the idea of Idea vs Reality in the Zen Habits blog. It connects to Tribal Leadership in a similar way as it is about how does one or a group manage a challenge. A Stage 1 introvert would lash out at the idea of attending a party, where a Stage 5 would work with this idea of adopting the behaviors of an extrovert to leverage the power of a group to success for all.
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