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Face Reality

Facing Reality as Prerequisite to Change

"Structures of which we are unaware hold us prisoner. Once we can see them and name them, they no longer have the same hold on us."

The Fifth Discipline by Peter Senge

By accepting things as the way they are, not the way you want them to be, you give yourself the best chance of mastering your destiny. That sounds hyperbolic but it's really that simple. Give yourself permission to admit:

• Your business is more fragile than you think
• You are the bottleneck, not the solution
• Your loyalty to senior people is actually fear
• You're one client loss from catastrophe
• You don't know how to manage people (nobody taught you)
• The exhaustion is structural, not temporary
• Your current path doesn't improve

"All organizations are perfectly designed to get the results they are now getting"

— Tom Northup

You cannot close the gap between your current reality and the vision for your business until you face the reality of your situation. Anything is possible once you face reality.