Author: philipdodson

Hi I’m Philip Dodson entrepreneur co-founder of @Work Hubs and founder of Dodson Commercial I am passionate about revolutionising how & where we work, enabling individuals and business to connect, network and grow. Self-employment within the next 7-10 years will become the norm in the developed world, alongside this will be a co-working revolution. The future is all about sharing, collaborating and helping others to succeed. Find out more – @WorkHubs

Love, who cares?

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I’ve been listening to some Brene Brown stuff on Audible, and I love her work, and she does a huge amount of research about shame, vulnerability and many other things. She was talking to a group of 3,000 people engaged in social work in the US and she was talking about love and she asked the audience ‘how many did research about love?’ and only 2 people in a room of 3,000 put their hands up. Then she said ‘if I asked you to leave this room and never experience love again, who would?’ and no one put their hands up.

So we all care so much about love but it is funny how little we talk about it or look to it for the way to make decisions in our lives. Imagine if we only made decisions out of love? How would the world be different?

Ostrich mindset

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So the story goes, that when an ostrich sees a problem, a threat, it buries it’s head in the sand. It’s belief is, if it can’t see the threat, it will just go away.

Many people and businesses do this, hoping it will all be ok. The unfortunate reality is that it isn’t ok and the threat or problem is just getting worse and will never go away.

The stone in our shoes only goes away when we tip the stone out of our shoes.

Whatever it is, facing it and being prepared to be vulnerable is the only way we can overcome challenges. It takes bravery and is not as easy as it was to write it. We have to build up, change habits, step out of the comfort zone and prepared to feel awkward, exposed and struggling.

Hiding is the worst strategy and longer term more painful.