All your life, and throughout your professional career, you’ve had to deal with uncertainty and change. And now, it’s not just one change, but seems like everything transforming at once, and at speed.

Today’s “news” seems almost instantly outdated. And, personally, you’re dealing with something. We all are,  although the specifics will change over time.

Have you figured it out yet? We have very little control of what comes at us. Yet, you have enormous influence over what comes from you. And the same forces at work in today’s world, the chaotic, parallel patterns of infinite possibilities have the potential to accelerate and multiply your intentions, your words, and your actions.

If you’re on defense, identifying with inbound chaos, you will almost certainly experience Challenging, Hectic, Anxious, Overwhelming Stress. It’s too hard. Too fast. You’re fearful of the future. It’s too much, and you’re living in distress.

However, if you go on offense, you can create Positive CHAOS, which will still be hard, but now it’s an intentional challenge of your choice, acceptance, or design. You’ll prioritize your mental and physical health because you must. You’re now aspiring to an exciting, hopeful future. It’s less about any particular challenge, and more about ongoing improvement. So you increasingly see the synergy, the patterns to improve or transcend, and the connectedness that enables alignment. To leverage chaos to your advantage,  first:

1. Get clear on intention. What do you really want to attain or embody?

2. Connect to passion. Amplify the importance.

3. Raise the stakes. Aiming higher and bigger, because it matters.

4. Give voice. Speak what you envision, continually.

5. Act with courageous curiosity. Try, say, or do something you haven’t done before.

Don’t shrink from change. Go bigger. Chaos amplifies intentions and multiplies small changes in huge ways we can’t yet know. But how exciting to live at this moment and help shape what’s to come. So, I hope this helps you and those you care about. Until next week, stay Off Balance On Purpose.