If you already have the structure of something—a task, a project, an issue…
…it might not be the thing you most need to do. Maybe you should hand it off, or be done with it altogether.
We like when we know where we are and where we’re going; when we are clear on the structure we need. We can act on that.
We don’t like when we don’t know where we are or where we are going; when we don’t have a map. We feel uncertain and hesitant.
And so we tend to focus on those things where we have structure, but they may be the very things we should be moving on from in order to grow and develop.
Structure is great. Structure is comfortable. Structure might be a trap.
Should you be moving on from the structured to the unstructured? Should you be in uncharted territory?