Welcome to Wednesday! As you step into the natural pivot point of the week, here’s a brief moment of encouragement and perspective to help you lead the pivots in your life.

Leading the Pivot | Behind the Numbers
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​Practical wisdom for the pivots that shape us.

The Moment
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​We are taught to define impact by metrics.
Measurable results that fill performance reviews, resumes, grant applications, annual reports.

When the numbers are strong, we feel successful. When they are down, or missing altogether, it can feel like we missed the mark. Like we let others down. Like we let ourselves down.

The Pivot
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​We inherited the standard, and rarely stopped to wonder if it was the whole story.

Metrics matter. They tell part of the story. But impact is also what sits behind them. The conversations that shifted someone’s direction. The presence that held a team together in a hard season. The consistency of showing up well, in work and life, when no one is counting. Impact is not only what fits inside a metric. It includes what is carried forward, in the people around us and the work they do next.

If we only measure what is easy to quantify, we will miss what is most significant.

The Move
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​Before you judge the day by the numbers, pause and name one way you made a difference that won’t show up on a dashboard.

What impact are you overlooking because it left no record?

Cheering you on to your best life,
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Amanda Crooks, M.Div, BCC, CMCS, GCDF
​Board Certified Coach | Leadership, Career & Well-Being

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