I know, I know, I quote Seth Godin too much. But he's so smart! I can't help it!
Today he wrote about sprezzatura, the Italian word for effortless work, which is kind of an oxymoron.
I'm interested in getting to the point of sprezzatura in my work. And actually, now that I think about it, the most influential and successful people I've known in my career have exhibited sprezzatura. It makes me want to have their job (ah, look how easy she makes it look) but it's the making it look easy part that I don't get yet. Some kind of emotional maturity I don't have yet. Every thought I have gets telegraphed across my face. I'm like the Jim Carrey of project management.
The other day in another post, Godin said, "Do the work. Ignore the feelings part and the work will follow." Maybe the universe is trying to tell me something here.
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