The Elephant & the Rider
The Elephant & the Rider is a great reminder that change is hard and takes a lot of effort. Not only do we have to deal with a the emotional beast that the elephant is, we also have to navigate it through environments which at best can be assessed but really changes and throw things at us faster than ever before.
The environment is constantly telling us that we should have changed by morning and successfully built the empire we’re dreaming of by noon, but reality is that we more often than not stumble in to bed late at night with little change at all.
The great thing is that if we understand our elephants, set it on course, whisper some encouraging words, and tweak the environment we are in we can march steadfast like the proudest elephant towards the change we seek.
How’s your elephant?