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What About Control?

Ah! Control! I come from a long line of controllers. We are a take-charge-make-things-happen people, which sounds good until you realize that it’s simply a cover-up. Being able to sit with the vulnerability of not being in control can be excruciating.

This has become a daily challenge for me, as we continue our remodel in Latin America. Sometimes things get done. Sometimes they don’t. Sometimes workers show up. Sometimes they don’t. I am reminded on a daily basis that I need to get my Pura Vida on, lest I give myself an ulcer.

I’m working on it. Some days I have a modicum of success, others not so much, but it’s the awareness of what’s going on with me that really seems to make the difference. When I catch myself and name it, I can find a way to let it go. I breathe. I refocus my attention. I can look at the things I can control and make better choices. I can find humor in the situation and sometimes even laugh at myself.

Whatever is going on inside you, name it. If you can name it, you can do something about it.

If you need results, you need to be and bring your best, and that requires taking responsibility for your emotions – not letting them run amok. It’s not easy (holy smokes do I know that to be true!)!

That’s why it’s reserved for the brave.

Kimberly Davis
Kimberly Davishttps://www.braveleadershipbook.com/
An expert on authentic leadership, Kimberly Davis shares her inspirational message of personal power, responsibility, and impact with organizations across the country and teaches leadership programs world-wide; most notably, her program “OnStage Leadership” which runs in NYC and Dallas, TX. Additionally, Kimberly teaches for Southern Methodist University’s (SMU) Cox School of Business’s Executive Education Program's Transformational Leadership Program and their Latino Leadership Initiative. She is also privileged to teach for the Bush Institute’s WE Lead Program (empowering female leaders from the Middle East). Kimberly is a TEDx speaker and her book, Brave Leadership: Unleash Your Most Confident, Authentic, and Powerful Self to Get the Results You Need, is the 2019 winner of the Benjamin Franklin Silver Award for Business and Career; an Amazon Bestseller in Business Leadership, Business Motivation, and Self-Improvement, and Motivational Business Management; and was named as the number one book to read in Inc. Magazine’s “The 12 Most Impactful Books to Read in 2018,” with a cover-endorsement by best-selling author Daniel Pink.

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