{"id":2674,"date":"2015-10-13T05:01:17","date_gmt":"2015-10-13T09:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/?p=2674"},"modified":"2015-10-14T18:24:20","modified_gmt":"2015-10-14T22:24:20","slug":"move-through-the-drift-align-awesome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/move-through-the-drift-align-awesome\/","title":{"rendered":"Move through the Drift – Align Awesome"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00a0Are you where you want to be? \u00a0Has your career, team or organization drifted? Do you feel stress, or worse, despair?If you are asking yourself questions like, “How did I get here?” or “How do I change this situation?” congratulations you are aware the “Drift<\/em>.” \u00a0Thankfully, you may also be poised to align awesome and create the amazing results you desire.<\/p>\n

What is the drift<\/em>? \u00a0It is a slow personal or organizational shift. \u00a0It can be caused by what I call “cloudy and scary thinking” or by market conditions or by operating on autopilot for too long.<\/p>\n

Drift<\/em> occurs when leaders, teams and organizations shift from vision and purpose to operating from conditioning and habits. \u00a0Results become minimal. \u00a0Engagement, satisfaction and fulfillment drop and impact disappears. \u00a0Real issues, problems, and opportunities begin to get overlooked.<\/p>\n

The drift<\/em> may feel like that place of “just doing stuff” or being busy without accomplishing your desired results. \u00a0As the drift<\/em> intensifies you may start searching for an external cause or looking for someone to blame rather than working\u00a0to get back in alignment.<\/p>\n

High achievers are quick to recognize the drift<\/em>. \u00a0Yet not all leaders and high achievers have the courage to shift the focus from a searching for the cause to moving toward a solution. \u00a0Simply knowing the cause does not solve the problem or allow you to take advantage of opportunities.<\/p>\n

Here are three signs you may be experiencing the drift<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • You feel overwhelmed or feel your options are\u00a0limited.<\/li>\n
  • No matter what you do, you feel the action is not optimal.<\/li>\n
  • You are feeling unsure, uncomfortable or unsafe and you see only limited options to the current situation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    The secret is to experience the drift —\u00a0<\/em>like the wind on your face.<\/p>\n

    To avoid getting caught in the “cloudy and scary thinking,\u201d pause and elegantly move toward a solution. \u00a0Be wary of searching for the cause — this small drift can move you into the full force of a storm current.<\/p>\n

    Here is my favorite example of the drift:<\/p>\n

    You’re on the highway driving at 65 mph. \u00a0You realize you are in the far left lane, traffic is tight and the exit you want is 1\/4 mile ahead. \u00a0 You look ahead, right, and in the rear view mirror. \u00a0After looking you think there are VERY limited options available. \u00a0Will you make the exit, crash, or be late?<\/p>\n

    Do you feel the signs above?<\/p>\n

    Can you pause and stop the “cloudy and scary thinking?”<\/p>\n

    Will you be honest with yourself? \u00a0Will you trust your internal wisdom?<\/p>\n

    If you do\u00a0and hit the\u00a0pause button on your thinking, you will be able to feel your way through the drift. \u00a0<\/em>You’ll realize safely changing lanes is not possible — you will not execute the exit.<\/p>\n

    Don’t go searching for the cause, you only have a 1\/4 mile at 65 mph!<\/p>\n

    Feel the gentle wind on your face and ask yourself what is the purpose of your drive?<\/p>\n

    What is your work right now? \u00a0What is the impact you want\/need? \u00a0What are your options?<\/p>\n

    Pick one of your options and move forward with clarity and purpose.<\/p>\n

    If you have allowed your drift<\/em> to move you toward the storm current, the course correction may take a little longer. \u00a0If you want something different from your work, select a new option.<\/p>\n

    When you are ready to align awesome contact us. \u00a0We will help you build a team to help you move to the next level and create the success you want.<\/p>\n

    Remember when you can no longer see your blind spots or your options seem very limited it may be time to find a guide to help you transform your results.<\/p>\n

    What is your best\u00a0example of the drift<\/em>? \u00a0Share it below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    \u00a0Are you where you want to be? \u00a0Has your career, team or organization drifted? Do you feel stress, or worse, despair?If you are asking yourself questions like, “How did I get here?” or “How do I change this situation?” congratulations you are aware the “Drift.” \u00a0Thankfully, you may also be poised to align awesome and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,29,147],"tags":[150,77,5,32,154,153,152],"class_list":["post-2674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-career-development","category-career-management","category-next-level","tag-alignment","tag-fears","tag-focus","tag-inspiration","tag-significance","tag-transformations","tag-transition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2674"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2714,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2674\/revisions\/2714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}