From Sorrowful Woes to Higher Lows
Lenda Letlaka
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In conversation with a group of software developers last week the topic of everyone’s overall life satisfaction and happiness came up. For most the tone was mute. People were just chugging along. <br/><br/>During my turn of sharing I highlighted some of the things our family is going through, bit of flooding in our basement, water drainage issues, company communication issues, ongoing timelines, etc. but amidst that doing decent.<br/><br/>Someone said, “I can’t believe you could have that much going on and be doing decent.”<br/><br/>To which I shrugged and said, “It’s just a higher low. We go through the cycle of continuous challenges and triumphs, the goal to me seems to be not staying stuck in a loop but rather spiraling up and out, hence the higher lows.”<br/><br/>“I’ve never thought of it like that,” a friend said laughing.<br/><br/>I laughed too and said, “Me neither, but fortunately or unfortunately I’ve had the opportunity of experiencing a lot of lows and a lot of comebacks. So the goal became to just start making the pitfalls higher lows.”<br/><br/>Everyone kind of nodded, hemmed and hawed a bit.<br/><br/>“It’s all about struggling efficiently…” I shared, words I’ve heard from mentors like <a href="https://www.flowgenomeproject.com/">Jamie Wheal</a> and <a href="https://www.flowresearchcollective.com/">Steven Kolter</a> when learning how to induce, propel and cultivate our own unique flow cycles.<br/><br/>As a peak performance coach the first assumption of others is that the “peak” is all about getting “high”, optimizing, being our best selves, #LiveYourBestLife… And at times it is. There’s gotta be juice to get up and outta bed in the morning.<br/><br/>But the truth about flow and peak performance is that you have to get really good at struggling. You have to remember who you are, what you’re doing, where you’ve come from, who is worthy of stand
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From Sorrowful Woes to Higher Lows
Lenda Letlaka