Life and Juggling. What I learned from juggling three little balls.
Posted on October 17, 2012 by Dr Kristen A Tolbert, One of Thousands of Executive Coaches on Noomii.
A lot of things in life are like learning to juggle. At times it seems incredibly overwhelming and perhaps impossible, but...
When I was an undergraduate student, I took a neuro-psychology course that required that I learn how to juggle. Seriously, and I was graded for it! I was a little worried. I tried to throw all those bags up in circles and catch them and things just weren’t working out. They dropped to the floor, went over my head, fell on friends’ laps and knocked over lamps. Then someone who had the patience to read the instructions intervened. He figured it out and taught me how to juggle.
You see the trick is to start with only one bag at a time. You toss it up in the air until it gets comfortable and almost becomes second nature. Then you add in another and do the same until it gets comfortable and you can pretty much do it without even thinking about it. Then you add in the third and voila, you’re a juggler! Quite an amazing process it was. It didn’t go down at all the way I thought it would.
A lot of things in life are like learning to juggle. At times it seems incredibly overwhelming and perhaps impossible, but you just start with one task at a time and then add another; one by one. Eventually, you’ll be juggling almost effortlessly. Patience and gentle reminders to take it slowly are key. Delegation and help from others is a good idea too.
By the way, I passed the class with an A and I now know why I needed to learn to juggle. I’d like to give a special thanks to my patient and clever friend, Tim, for his help.
