YWell: Celebration
Steve Patty
YWell: Celebration
In the final session, Dr. Steve Patty reminds us to celebrate our accomplishments during this series on leadership development. We’ve gone through a lot together and it’s important to remember every step and recognize the progress you were able to make, even the small ones. Growing, developing and leading yourself is certainly not an easy thing to do. Sometimes we feel discouraged or feel we’re moving backwards despite our best intentions to move forward. But remember, any steps forward is worth celebrating. Dr. Patty leaves us with the following thoughts as we continue to work on our growing edges:
It’s important to exercise hope. Because your life is so valuable and becoming the person you are meant to be, or dream to be, is a worthwhile task. Keep moving forward on your dreams.
Continue to embrace productive disequilibrium in your life. The very ways we engage with our challenges will help us grow if we are intentional in learning through them. How do you use the stressors in your life to move forward in the things that are important for you?
Renegotiate your relationship with perfection. The path of development and growth is not quick or painless. If you find yourself in a mess along the way, don’t be hard on yourself as you are making progress and you are headed in the right direction.
Watch your heart in the midst of it all. Sometimes when we try to move forward and improve ourselves, we experience shame. Shame of the past, shame of how we’re showing up now and shame that we cannot move forward more quickly. Shame is not very productive. Responsibility, learning, curiosity is productive. Watch your heart, lift your gaze and believe in your potential.
Be motivated by love. For love helps us see what is possible and helps us believe in the best of ourselves and others. Be motivated by the love that you have for your life. Invest in yourself. Love those around you because in order to love them well, you need to bring the best of yourself to them. Your life can have the kind of impact you want it to have and you can leave the legacy you want to leave. Continue to be motivated by love.
Remember to lead ourselves well and lead others well.
In partnership with the YMCA of Canada, Dr. Steve Patty is producing a Leadership and Personal Development Series, taking viewers through seven parts on how to grow and nurture your personal leadership. How do you maximize your ability to move forward on the things that really matter in your life? How do you lead yourself? In each of the seven episodes, Dr. Patty will walk you through one key idea and invite you to try an action step.
This page will help you think through these key ideas and action steps in order to get the most out of the series.
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