It is a familiar scenario to anyone over about 35 years. The question is - how do we respond?
Do we respond the same way as we have before or do we look for a new response?
The trouble with the same response as before is that we know that it leads back in a loop right round to the same place again in a few years time.
The trouble with a new response is that when people are already frightened by challenging situations it is difficult to persuade them to try something new - it is counter cultural.
The common response is to increase control, to restrain, to limit.
Perhaps a new response would be to advance to authenticity? To advance to understanding that what we are looking for in life is peace and happiness and to head directly for that, rather than going the long way around through fear and greed.
As authentic leaders it is absolutely our responsibility at this time to provide leadership, at work, at home, in our communities, in the media and in government.
In my new free e-book "What is your purpose, know it live it" there is a map that shows how it is our interpretation of events and experiences that is the key to changing outcomes. This map is as true for societies as it is for individuals.
If we interpret things negatively we spiral downwards, if we interpret things the same way, we go back around the same loop again. If we interpret things positively we create an upwards spiral.
To shift away from the downward spiral and the loop and into the upwards spiral we need to see challenges as opportunities.
Perhaps the banks discrediting themselves creates the opportunity for new financial models and organisations with greater integrity to flourish - like Zopa and Triodos.
Perhaps it is time for you to lead the creation of a new financial model?
For support in your authentic leadership see www.authentictransformation.co.uk.
with love
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