One Take with Martin Echavarria

👉 The Scoop – Martin brings us a very different take on “decisive moments” today. Martin is a published author and expert in the field of alliances and getting diverse teams to work well together. This is especially useful, of course, when companies merge, and two cultures need to start working together.

👉 Decisive Moment #1 – There are many, but according to Martin, the most decisive moments are those moments in which you make the conscious decision to NOT do something, or pursue an opportunity.

👉 Unexpected change or event – Martin focused on how to build up the mentality to have the capacity to change.

You have to recognize your own resistance and look at the fear because the change is fundamentally a fear that's operating underneath the thinking.

Cognition will come up with a whole bunch of reasons why you shouldn't or should do something.

Change does imply a certain level of growth and unfoldment and expansion of who you are as a person. But I think you have to think of it as growth, not change. Courage is important too. You have be courageous because you are going to live with the consequences.

👉 What did he do? – you need to identify your fears first. At some point, you need to power through them. Then you grow.

👉 About older workers – When you're in your fifties, you've already gone through all of your work stages.. You've cultivated the capacity for better leadership and you're not ruffled, because your focus is on trying to get the job done and the work done. You've already blossomed.