Where does your patience rank?

Here’s the continuum: At one end is the patience of Job, and on the other end, your patience has the life span of a fruit fly.

It’s fun to determine where you fall on the scale, but the reality is this: It takes the time it takes. Reminds me of an old joke and an old story . . .

(Joke) A veteran surgeon is mentoring a new doctor and the young doctor seeks the elder’s advice. He asks, “What does it take to be a successful surgeon?” The older doctor answered him with two words: Patience and patients.

(Story) Two surgeons (One experienced and the other new) are doing open heart surgery on a patient. The older surgeon explains that they only have 45 seconds to do a delicate procedure, otherwise the patient will die. He notices the sweat soaking through the young surgeon’s mask and says, “We’ll have plenty of time if we don’t rush.”

Patience is the ability not to rush something. It’s also knowing that the answer is worth waiting for.

There is a part of you that knows when you are rushing. Just look back on your own experience and catalog how often you were successful when you rushed. My guess is it was a rarity.

You know what that feeling feels like and you know its abysmal success rate. Now it’s time to put that feeling to productive use. You can use it to be a springboard for patience. Here’s how:

1. Notice that you feel rushed.
2. Take a deep breath, sigh it out and wonder what the best way to proceed is.
3. Wait for an answer.

These three steps will get you to a solution quicker than a free range, headless chicken.

The answer will come; you just have to engage the part of you that knows how to be patient. That begins by noticing you are rushing.

The answer will come as an idea or an action. Your job is to wait for it and act on it.

You’ll have plenty of time if you don’t rush.

All the best,

John

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