When you’re find yourself tired of the past 12 months of uncertainty, adversity and the pandemic, are you a carrot, egg or coffee bean?
What happens when you pull a carrot, egg or coffee bean out of boiling water (adversity)? The carrot goes in strong, hard and unrelenting, but after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak. The egg was fluid with a thin outer shell, but after sitting in boiling water, its insides became hardened. The ground coffee beans were unique. After they were in the boiling water, they had changed the water.
“Which are you?” Are you the carrot that seems strong, but when faced with adversity you soften and lose strength? Are you the egg who had a fluid spirit, but after adversity become hardened? Or are you the coffee bean that transformed the hot water? When things are at their worst, get better and change the situation around you. When challenges are their greatest, elevate yourself to another level.
The beauty of life is you can consciously choose who to be.
Here’s hoping you choose to be the coffee bean and continue to benefit your clients, candidates, co-workers, family and friends. (taken from an article written by Karen Talavera.