Love this analogy! The piece about being resilient. Fire is an essential element, like life it’s something we take for granted and no matter how it’s always there it’s up to us to start something, build it, maintain it or enhance it keeping in mind at any time it can burn us but we learn how to overcome fears. The fire depends on us and we depend on the fire.
I really like the analogy between building and maintaining a fire and leadership. It's very well explained. For me when I read something it doesn't have to be perfectly written. I need to relate, to be able to use that information to better my life, I need to see that the writer uses easy to follow ideas and I like when there's personal life anecdotes.
I totally agree with you Mark! We do start several fires in our lives, some will burn us, those will be learning opportunities; some will provide warmth and food, those are the relationships, people around us who support us, love us...but some will continue light our path.
I like the sentence: Maintaining the fire is an art. This is where the challenge comes for humans; we may be good at starting the fire... most of time we need more than 1 match...but that's ok... but Maintaining it requires discipline, focus, determination, never losing sight of the end goal and the journey, whatever may be important for us.
Love this analogy! The piece about being resilient. Fire is an essential element, like life it’s something we take for granted and no matter how it’s always there it’s up to us to start something, build it, maintain it or enhance it keeping in mind at any time it can burn us but we learn how to overcome fears. The fire depends on us and we depend on the fire.
Thanks Mark! I feel it is a topic that a lot more could be said and that better can be written, but the analogy fascinates me
I really like the analogy between building and maintaining a fire and leadership. It's very well explained. For me when I read something it doesn't have to be perfectly written. I need to relate, to be able to use that information to better my life, I need to see that the writer uses easy to follow ideas and I like when there's personal life anecdotes.
I totally agree with you Mark! We do start several fires in our lives, some will burn us, those will be learning opportunities; some will provide warmth and food, those are the relationships, people around us who support us, love us...but some will continue light our path.
As ever, another brilliant and thought provoking piece
I like the sentence: Maintaining the fire is an art. This is where the challenge comes for humans; we may be good at starting the fire... most of time we need more than 1 match...but that's ok... but Maintaining it requires discipline, focus, determination, never losing sight of the end goal and the journey, whatever may be important for us.