Sustainable Ambition Forum - 11.18.21
Grant yourself permission
The Sustainable Ambition View:
As you enter these holiday months, empower yourself to grant permission to make it all a little more sustainable.
Why it matters:
Permission is often sought outside ourselves vs. giving ourselves permission. Doing so disempowers us from making the choices that are right for us or may hold us back from being and acting in ways that align with our instincts or our truth.
Behind the thinking:
The concept of permission keeps popping up in my world, and it made me think about what permission means. It's definition: “Consent or authorization.”
That definition brings to mind a controlling mechanism. A who or what that might be holding us back from doing something.
But what if we embrace the adage, “Don’t ask for permission, ask for forgiveness.” In other words, trust yourself and give yourself permission.
Below in our round-up and in the podcasts featured we highlight inspiration around permission to help you make it all a bit more sustainable and to build resilience.
What’s next:
What if you were to take radical responsibility or ownership for making it all a bit more sustainable? For what might you then grant yourself permission?
And don’t forget to give thanks to yourself, what’s present in your world, and others.
Happy early-Thanksgiving! Enjoy the long weekend next week!
Kathy Oneto
Founder of Sustainable Ambition
The Round-Up
Permission to set boundaries and still achieve results. Listen to Greg McKeown of Essentialism and Effortless and get 5 tips to achieve results and not work so hard.
Permission to dial it back. Great tips to help you reframe your thinking and cut back on your to do’s and avoid burnout.
Permission to simplify. 33 quick, smart, simplicity tips.
Permission to let it go. Fretting about a career decision? Dealing with regret? Tips to give yourself some grace.
Permission to start small. From B.J. Fogg and his book, “Tiny Habits." Make it small to get started and create momentum.
Permission to do what’s true for you. An oldie, but goodie podcast episode with Cheryl Strayed inspiring us to listen to our inner voice.
Permission to explore. Perhaps over the long weekend, take a break to explore Jason Kottke’s curation of wonders that he says, “covers the essential people, inventions, performances, and ideas that increase the collective adjacent possible of humanity.”
The Sustainable Ambition Podcast - Episodes 32 & 37
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what it means to live with Sustainable Ambition.
Episode #32: On Building Endurance for Work+Life & Effective Leadership with Katie Ceccarini
I was thrilled to be joined by fellow coach, Katie Ceccarini, founder of Endurance Management Coaching. In this conversation, Katie shares SO many good, clear tenets to help us build enduring careers, achieve sustainable work+life integration, and be effective leaders, including giving ourselves permission.
Listen on Apple here or on our website here.
Episode #37: On A Challenge to Grant Yourself Permission with Kathy Oneto
Join me for a short episode where I talk about the concept of permission and share a challenge for the coming week and/or holiday months.
Listen on Apple here or on our website here.
You can also find the podcast, subscribe, and listen on Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, and Overcast.
The Monthly Progress Practice: November
At the beginning of the year, we shared our Monthly Progress Practice. Progress happens through small actions, so we offer a monthly practice of small actions or micro-habits to inspire positive change this year.
Our guidance for November: Acknowledge and appreciate. (It is Thanksgiving after all!) Who can you recognize today? Acknowledge her strengths and positive ways of being. Say thank you and appreciate his contributions.
Find Your Guide:
Find the perfect guide to match your journey.
“But it’s a poor fellow who can’t take his pleasure without asking other people’s permission.”
― Hermann Hesse
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