The Nature of Process

William “Bud” Hart, of Haverhill, shares “Success Principles”—ideas for living a greater, better and more accomplished life, and building habits that stick. He also coaches clients to incorporate strategies for boosting their mental and physical performance during everyday living.

William “Bud” Hart, of Haverhill, shares “Success Principles”—ideas for living a greater, better and more accomplished life, and building habits that stick. He also coaches clients to incorporate strategies for boosting their mental and physical performance during everyday living.

In life we all kind of get accustomed to the way things work. We get familiar with a process and we expect (from past experience) that this process will work the way (or at least very close to the way) we anticipate; whenever it doesn’t it makes us uneasy. We begin to think something is wrong.

That is precisely what happened with the job interview process and the thinking of two individuals I know. Whether the process is an interview to move a career forward (like these two individuals) or, shopping for something (a car, a house), deciding what you want your next life step to be (retirement, downsizing), developing a talent (coaching, writing) and hundreds of other courses of action; waiting for hoped-for results can be an annoying experience requiring great patience (something most of us are often short on).

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines Process as a series of actions that produce something or that lead to a particular result; a series of changes that happen naturally. Most things in life consist of a process. There’s process, after process, after process. It’s not a bad thing. It’s just what it is.

It takes a confident detachment to surrender to life’s processes. The delicate balance of giving something your all and at the same time being able to accept that you have no control of how it’s going (and how it will end) is an art in itself. Oddly enough, staying calm throughout is absolutely necessary to get the best results

In the words of Mahatma Gandhi,“Peace is its own reward.”

William “Bud” Hart is a certified “Mindset” Coach, Accountability Partner and Business Consultant. Founder of Hart Group, www.hartgroupma.com