Keep Moving

The timeless exhortation to keep moving especially comes to mind when someone else is experiencing difficult times. For everyone but the imperilled subject, we keep moving nonetheless. 

The foregoing means that irrespective of one's situation, we are called to remain in motion at all times. While moving, inertia is a fond friend cheering you on. But if stationary, inertia quickly becomes a dead weight equal in magnitude to your doubts. Within teams, the dynamics of several individuals interacting can mean that a resistance or reluctance to the general flow of motion by one person may directly affect speed and could also activate the dampening effect of inertia on other parties- the so called mass effect. Sometimes the opposition to progress creeps and is not noticed until there is a complete loss of motion and direction. At other times, there is openly declared war with stiff opposition to the organisation-mandated direction of travel.

In a medium-sized Insurance firm in London, the sales team was notorious for 'getting rid' of their managers within months. The new manager, resigned to her fate, decided to experiment just for the sake of it. Rather than outline plans, she would always refer to planned actions as things in motion. She was still managing her team three years later and they had moved from underachieving to smashing their income targets by 31%. She succeeded where others failed because instead of trying to convince the team of the need to take action, she made them see the truth that planning was part of the process and used inertia to her advantage.

Keep moving.