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Constructing Your New Normal
Sent by Jonathan Stark on April 27th, 2020
This week on TBOA, Rochelle and I ask the question:
“Are you ready to construct your new normal?”
Talking Points
- How to prepare yourself for the recovery from this phase
- Taking your own new normal and your clients’ new normal into account
- Re-evaluating decisions and expenses
- Giving yourself permission for things to change
- Finding new niches and opportunities through being helpful
- Questioning assumptions
- Make time to really listen to what people are saying
- Adapting to a catalyst
- Using your extra time
- Not holding on too tightly
- The difference between worry and stress
- Being more communicative during the quarantine
- Smoothing out the transition between your old normal and your new normal
Quotable Quotes
“I think it would be no surprise to hear that I think doing nothing right now is the absolute worst thing you could do.” –JS
“I think there’s a part of this where you have to give yourself permission that things are going to change.” –RM
“There’s a strong percentage of people who are taking this time to evolve.” –JS
“The catalyst can get you started, but you have to adapt as you go, or the catalytic event doesn’t do you much good.” –RM
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Yours,
—J