Tag: challenges

When things go wrong

Posted on by philipdodson

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There are times in life when things do not go according to plan, in fact, they can go completely wrong and you are faced with some real challenges.

Last minute hiccups to plans can seem like suddenly the end of the world and you can feel like there are no options.

More often, though, they are an opportunity and the process of having to search for alternatives or hatch a new plan can actually be rewarding, create new contacts and fresh thinking. If things always run smoothly, there is no driver for change, new thinking or adaptability. It is, in fact, dull.

Now I am not suggesting that you deliberately throw a spanner in your own works, but to have challenges is vital for continued evolution and growth.

Out of the ‘wreckage’ often comes amazing new things.

It is all question of perspective and mindset. Be happy that things go wrong occasionally, it leads to making things better.

Blind drawing

Posted on by philipdodson

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Today I attended a workshop run by my mate Doug and it was themed around exploring art and sound.

It was focused on how noise and sounds might impact our productivity and work and exploring that using art.

A fascinating few hours and some really interesting thoughts and insights were shared.

One of the exercises that Doug set was to draw blind, quite literally covering our eyes and then drawing.

This to me was an exciting and liberating exercise. It brings uncertainty.

The thing is if you do different things, change some of the environment and take away something such as sight that we take for granted, we can actually take away some of the barriers and use others skills that perhaps are idle when we rely on for example our sight.

I am not suggesting that we always wear a blindfold, especially a bad idea for driving, but occasionally it is refreshing to challenge ourselves in ways that take us out of our comfort zone and allow other skills to be used, to see what we are capable of in challenging situations.

It also helps realise that if we can draw blind, then perhaps we are allowing other excuses to hold back our progress.

Take a sheet of paper, a pencil,cover your eyes and give it a go.