We have expectations and need to have patience to achieve them.
Day five of taking blood thinners for DVT and no noticeable change in pain. Ok, so the Doctor told me it would take 1-2 weeks before I noticed a difference, yet I’m still feeling impatient.
Also, six weeks today that I’ve been entirely solo in lockdown, yet somehow I’m not impatient about that.
Perhaps because I’m solo, so only have myself to focus on each day. Others, to use one example, are with young children and both parents at home trying to work full time, they are hoping and even praying for schools to re-open and to get back to the office.
We humans are odd creatures. We have expectations, sometimes rational, sometimes based on our feelings. From those expectations, we can become impatient about things.
At this moment many around the world are impatient for lockdown to end. While we wait, do look to be aware of your feelings and when you may be feeling impatient.
As leaders, also recognise that this is different for everybody, so look first to understand how others are feeling, then to listen to understand what is driving that in them.