Trust the Process
How long do you stay the course when results are slow to come
The legendary and infamous professional boxer Mike Tyson once said something to the effect of:
“Everyone has a plan till they get punched in the face.”
That is not exactly what he said, but the point was clear. When adversity hits, your best laid plans might not mean too much.
You have two choices. You can scrap your plans altogether and come up with an entirely new plan of action. The other choice is to see where the plan went wrong and tweak it.
When chaos ensues, it sometimes feels as if the best path is to choose the first option. We are experiencing our flight or fight response which senses danger and tells our mind to scrap logic and plans and critical thinking.
I want to make a case for the second option. It flies in the face of the urgency we feel to throw our plans out with the bath water. Our short-term minds gravitate to short-term actions. By relying on experience, data, and patience however, the better course of action is sometimes to stay the course. Below I share an excerpt from my upcoming book “Community-in-a-Box” about a time when trusting the process made the most sense.
