Time to Start Popping
If you know me, you’ll know that I’ve been talking about bubbles for a few years now.
It’s not because I had a crystal ball and could see the future when bubbles would become part of our everyday vocabulary. It’s obviously because my company is called POP.
In the work that I do, I talk about how we often try to protect ourselves in bubbles when we feel threatened by challenges in our lives:
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when we face a career crossroads
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when our self-worth has taken a hit
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when we feel less than compared to others
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when we feel like our true value isn’t being recognised
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when we feel unfulfilled, unsatisfied and unsure about our future
That’s a long list. Which means there’s a lot of hiding going on.
As we now know, of course, hiding in our bubbles can be a reasonable response, but only in the short term. Because our bubbles can end up trapping us if we don’t have the courage to pop them when it’s time.
These are the...