Have I told you lately how much winter is no longer one of my favorite seasons. Neither is retirement! Every season has limits and gifts. What I'm discovering is clarity comes faster when you stop fighting what this season can’t provide. More importantly embracing leadership maturity means cooperating with reality. What are you resisting that might actually be instructive?

I keep asking myself the same question. 'What should I do next?' I've received some of the best advice from new Skooler friends and all I have to do is follow it step by step. Yet what I'm discovering is most clarity issues aren’t about what to do. They’re about why you’re hesitating. When you slow down, the real question surfaces and if you’re brave the answer is just stop looking for the perfect answers! What question is hiding underneath the one you keep asking?

Is it a sign of failure if you're repositioning your experience from years of leading? In my journey I had no choice but to reposition after deciding to leave pastoring after 30 years. I knew the skills gained were valuable and there were organizations needed them. What was needed first was recognizing that repositioning isn’t retreat. It’s strategy informed by maturity. Some leaders burn out trying to stay where they no longer belong and it ultimately leads to failure. What strategic repositioning might protect your future impact?

Trusting myself has always come naturally. Not saying that has always worked out in my favor! What I've learned in more recent days is I don’t need to chase every new idea or voice. The fact is depending more on my earned discernment is a habit to value above all other skills. Clarity often sounds like a calm “no,” not an excited “yes.” What is your wisdom gently steering you away from?

I have been accused of 'man-splaining' and it wasn't pretty! I use a 3-part teaching technique everytime in my corporate training sessions. 1. Explain what I will be teaching. 2. Explain the teaching over 8 hours. 3. Explain what I just taught. One sign of a reset/reinvention season is the urge to explain every decision. There seems to be a burning desire to get validation. But clarity doesn’t need constant defense. You’re allowed to move in stealth mode for a while without explaining every move. Where could you stop over-explaining?