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Watching from the side

Aug 13
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The last two days I have been sitting and observing a facilitation delivery by two expert colleagues. Three days of watching and not doing. There is a particular kind of fatigue in that. I keep wondering whether I would feel less tired if I were in the thick of things.


There is something demanding about staying on the side. Resisting the temptation to step in, to offer, to improve what is unfolding.


Allowing things to play out without your hand in them requires a discipline and patience that looks like passivity from the outside and feels like effort from the inside.


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