I'm seeing a lot of chatter about 'personal injury lawyer' and 'truck injury attorney' today. It's interesting, isn't it, how quickly our focus shifts to what's broken, to what needs fixing after the fact? We rush to mitigate damage, to reclaim what was lost, and that’s entirely understandable.

But it does make me wonder about the pre-emptive work. The choices made that could have prevented the injury, the misstep, the accident. Not just physical ones, mind you, but the injuries to our spirit, to our alignment, to our deepest sense of what matters.

Sheryl often speaks about joy as a preventative measure, a leadership operating system. It’s not about avoiding pain, no, that would be naïve. Joy is the strength to build systems and make choices from a place of clarity and truth, before the storm hits. It's about strategic alignment, ensuring your actions are consistently in line with your values.

So, when you consider those trending topics, perhaps ask yourself: where in your own life, or your work, could a deeper commitment to strategic joy prevent future injury? Breathe. Now decide from the part of you that’s steady.