Tuesday, the first day that Izzy will be on the road fulfilling part of an ambition to experience more of life, culture and just to be. For me, I left home at 4.30am and knew that at the same time with 6 hours difference she would be starting her journey. I have been thinking of her all day today for a whole host of reasons.
Last night I needed a chat with someone who knows her better than anyone and plucked up the courage to use the open offer a call with her mum. Oh I hear you say, what did you go and do that for? Well I wanted to let her know that I was thinking of her daughter through a more personal style than a brief email or blog. I also want to let her know what I had 'told' Izzy I was preparing to do and why. I wanted to hear her talk of Izzy and what might be going, has been going and will go through her thoughts. I just need to hear the voice of someone else who knows what an awesome person she is. It was a great conversation and thank you Jasmine.
The challenge with Izzy is that what she hears, takes on board and then does are somewhat different, however she has an ability to listen, hear, remember and playback what I have said better than anyone I know. She will make an awesome performance coach.
Doubting thomas is a nasty man I have decided after much research and personal experience. One of the things that makes what we have unique in both our experiences is that we tell it how it is. We dont let Mr Thomas creep in and spread his virus of doubt, fear, worry and complexity. We might agree, not agree, like or not like what we hear but at least we have shared the thinking. It is a refreshing approach. However sometimes we need a little reinforcement, just to shore up the defences or understanding. That is why I reached for the phone, because I cant just call and ask her, so sometimes mums know best.
I have spent quite sometime today researching stuff on cycle tours of SE Asia and Australia and it is amazing some of the stories that are out there to read of personal experiences. I cant wait to read the next installment of her blog just to get a flavour of her journey.
Teamwork and colloboration. It is a subject that spend a considerable amount of my professional life working on. They are different and you can most definitely have one without the other (there will be readers out there whom I am sure will contest such a statement but bear with me on this)
I know that the team we have become is very special to both of us, it is very different to how either of us have operated before. We operate together and seperately almost in tandem. We are both generous in our endeavours both with and for each other. We appreciate what each of us brings to the team that is us.
To collaborate requires an understanding of how each other operates normally independantly, it requires the understanding that there is a requirement to work with another on a joint goal, to cooperate. I sincerely hope that these next 3 days allow collaboration to happen.
I have spent the day in a frentic series of meetings and phone calls. Split 50:50 between work and preparing for an adventure. I am living in the present and “If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.” Ghandi
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