In French there’s an expression ‘reculer pour mieux sauter’. It means, freely translated, that if you do something once again, you have a better base for taking your next step. For instance if you do a class over at highschool your base of knowledge is more stable and from there you can make a bigger jump further.
We tend to want to live our lives in the fast lane, always eager for our next promotion.
I’m not saying you shouldn’t chase this promotion, please do!
But,…..
What I’ve learned from life is that exactly in these times of taking a step back, I was able to ‘sauter mieux’ because by re-tuning in on who I am, I found out that chasing some promotion might not have been the right step for me. I couldn’t see this while being on the never ending promotion train. But I could clearly see it when I was on the marshaling yard for a while.
In the summer holidays we look back. We review the past period and overthink what we’ve achieved.
If you were expecting a promotion but wasn’t awarded with it, if you missed an exam, or struggled with something else and didn’t succeed, then I invite you to just think of it as reculer pour mieux sauter. Just be patient this summer and make new plans.
Your giant jump will follow!
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