🧰 TREE 152: Serenitise

I first read the Serenity Prayer when I was a kid. It was on my grandma’s kitchen wall. I remember thinking it was profound and powerful. I still think so.

God, grant me
the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
the courage to change the things I can, and
the wisdom to know the difference.

One of the things you cannot change is your company’s culture. (Unless you’re the boss. Even then it’s really hard.) I’ve tried before. It was like trying to push my house across the garden with my bare hands – pointless and painful. You can accept your company’s culture and work within it. Or you can get a different job. Those are the options.

One of the things you can change is the energy you bring to the workplace. Your joyful/calm/positive/real way of being doesn’t change the culture, but it changes your daily experience and benefits people you work with.

Grow serenely.
Jeff

Not calm. Kind of positive. It’s a great song.

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