We have habits – unconscious, repetitive patterns. Habits successfully keep us in the status quo. That is their function.Habits have served us well. They are our shields, defenses, and weapons. Habits are reflexive and arise naturally in response to predictable conditions.Changing course, pivoting, leaping, questioning deeply and activating transformation... begin by recognizing and interrupting habits.
Common Habits that Constrain Collective Acceleration:
Short-term goals; short-term thinking
Incremental thinking
Speaking to the choir
Defining our work by that which we oppose
Defining our campaign plans in funding cycles
Predictability; “go-to” plans and strategies
Reliance on process
Reliance on structure
Compartmentalizing; containerizing
Choice avoidance
Practices that Buoy Collective Acceleration
Making room and time for leaps
Eyes on the horizon
Discovering and creating the story of the horizon
Align strategies with the horizon
Re-membering as we go, tending to our wholeness, consciousness, wellness
Move! with the ready, the willing, the open
Go big (the small and middling take as much work as the big)
Focus, focus, focus
Move quickly and commit to the long path
Engage in collective evolution with boldness and integrity
