The World’s an Interesting & Challenging Place. That’s the Point

Donovan Vogel
7 min readJan 7, 2022
Image courtesy of Brett Jordan on Unsplash

Hola Medium. Hello there everyone! Olá amigos. It’s been a long time since my fingers last typed on this Mac keyboard on this beautiful platform.

If I’m being completely honest with you all I’ve been resistant, not wanting to talk or type on here, and avoiding this space over the past year now. I believe January or February of 2021 was my last piece here…

These past two years brought incredible challenges; and yet, we know that there are lessons we can learn from others who have gone through far worse than we have. And perhaps more than ever before, we know we need to listen and learn from our peers so that we take these lessons and move forward in ways that will best serve our children, future generations and our communities in a post-pandemic world.

Pivot or perish: that is one of the biggest lessons taken away from the global pandemic.

To pivot means to course correct in order to test a new hypothesis about something. For example, your life’s priorities, purpose, spirituality, health, a business model, career change or what the future of your relationship looks like.

Here are two ways to pivot:

  • Zoom-in. Pin point what is most important to you and WHY. Get very clear, meditate and sit on that topic(s).

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Donovan Vogel
Donovan Vogel

Written by Donovan Vogel

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