Strategic equanimity

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People in society are full of agendas, they are often hidden, cryptic, or possibly not even consciously understood by the issuer. In my opinion, if you have an honest and open agenda for a positive outcome then you would open communications, privately and offer support to help out, or ask for clarity on why what you want done hasn’t, thus far.

These days, way too often, I see brash comments publicly, often with an attempt to shame people or businesses who do not deserve it and this is more than often because of a hidden agenda.

One of the most underrated, not talked about skillsets and characterises of public figures, business leaders etc is not getting drawn or effected by these agendas.

I’ve come up with a term for it :)

“Strategic Equanimity” encapsulates the leader’s ability to stay composed and unaffected by negative external opinions or comments, recognising these as potentially driven by hidden agendas, and choosing not to engage in a way that could detract from their goals or well-being. This term emphasises the skill as an intentional practice rather than a passive trait, highlighting its importance in leadership and in maintaining the integrity of one’s mission or business.

Essentially just carry on doing what you are doing, if you are doing the right thing, through action rather than chat. There will always be time to improve, and some of the noise might have elements of truth, but the reality is, these people have not given time to understand your position, challenges, motives and character. More than often they have made assumptions, and assumptions are dumb :) this is a generalisation of what I’ve been seeing over the years, we of course get some but generally it is across the board / social media.