Love your life

Where to start? By taking inspiration from those who are constantly evolving in a changing environment where routine is not part of everyday life, namely startup owners. If we observe them carefully and look at the entrepreneurial adventure, we will find what we need to equip ourselves to navigate in an unpredictable context. Here are some keys that can do good at the end of this particular year.

1. Bye bye feeling of control! In my eyes, the pandemic has transformed us all into “entrepreneurs.” We had to undertake something this year: teleworking, a new start in our personal lives or even a new job. However, three main types of approaches were possible: reinventing ourselves, evolving or enduring. The one we adopted, consciously or not, influenced the way we experienced events. At any time, we can decide to take another path. Denis Tremblay, a local entrepreneur and mentor, recently shared a Chinese proverb on LinkedIn that sums up entrepreneurial inventiveness well:

THE KEY: “ The only thing that doesn’t change is change.” Michel Ferhadian

2. Open the right door

Times of transformation are an opportunity to learn resilience. Instead of trying to control external conditions, we learn to influence the thing over which we really have power: ourselves. We educate ourselves, we equip ourselves, we adapt our thoughts and we decide. This letting go is the most beautiful step, because it is thanks to it that the fun part then comes. Beautiful things happen and surprise us because we are open to them.

THE KEY: Accept for a moment that your only stability is instability.

3. A promise to yourself We often see happiness as an ultimate quest. Our energies and goals are sometimes oriented towards this objective. Apparently, being happy is not always easy, especially when you are facing a storm and a certain chaos. Faced with this observation, I decided to do things differently and to promise myself one thing: to love my life with all it has to offer.

If you knew how much this one promise has simplified my daily life! Ironically, it is what has led me to experience moments of joy. Even if there is no ready-made recipe that leads to happiness, sometimes we find the one that suits us when we look at things differently. When we approach the subject of happiness, usually another question follows: "What is more important than happiness?"

The wisest answer I found came from sociologist and author Frédéric Lenoir during his appearance on the show Tout le monde en parle . I invite you to watch this fascinating excerpt . His answer? Probably love.

THE KEY: Love your life instead of seeking happiness

4. Choose and do what is right

When we tame the unknown, when we open ourselves to new possibilities, there is one last step to take, that of deciding and acting. If you observe an entrepreneur, he must make decisions at a rapid pace and above all, without having all the information in hand. His passion guides him or his determination or his recklessness… Why blame him? This transformation does not come with an instruction manual. So, he launches himself, because he knows that inaction always has a cost! Let me share with you a trick that I also teach my team. It has served me proudly over the last few years!

THE KEY: When you say yes to something, what are you saying no to?

Every decision involves a part of sacrifice. When you are at the head of a company and someone presents you with a project, you must choose whether to invest in it or not. Knowing that your resources are limited, this implicitly implies that accepting is refusing another opportunity that could arise due to lack of time. Thus, deciding is also knowing how to give up. To better build the life that suits us, we must know how to choose consciously.

So how do we look at what is good for us?

Knowing yourself is probably the best and most beautiful avenue there is.

2021 is full of hope when you think about it. What will be your choice?