The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and my 2021

I confess. When it comes to TV series, I am a late bloomer.

I usually do not follow the crowd and I am not hooked by what’s trendy.

So, I have never watched Game of Thrones, nor Stranger Things or The walking dead. At the dinner table I would hear my kids commenting on the latest episode of the series and I would shake my head partly in disbelief, partly in wonder of human creativity for stories.

With that attitude I lost the launch of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.

Truth to be said, my kids never mentioned the show. I bumped into the first episode by coincidence, if you call coincidence the combination of a dull Saturday winter afternoon, the Coronavirus pandemic with its restrictions and the agreement between my TV channel and Amazon Prime Video.

It was love at first sight! I just could not stop watching. I am not going to review the show and will not spoil. But my experience prompted a question: how many things in life do we forgo because of our strong belief of what we like or dislike?

If I give it a thought, some of the best things that happened to me were unexpected or even unwelcome. Never had a tight friendship that started with a fight or a dislike? This is what I am talking about!

I usually give a label to the year when it is coming to an end. It helps me give meaning and make my learning stick. I have lived the “Divorce Year”, the “Out of my mind Year”, the “Moving to a big city Year”, to name a few.

I am not going to name 2020; so many things have happened this year that I am unable to find a word that can represent it well.

But, breaking all rules and my own tradition, I am going to name 2021 now.

I am a curious person and I like to learn but I usually stop short of doing. I am pretty much satisfied with the knowledge I have acquired and do not feel the need to go further. So, 2021 will be the year of doing, of acting.  2021 will be the year “What if I do..?”.

I make you all accountable to challenge me with new experiences, ideas, enterprises, everything that will honour my “What if I do..? Year”. What will your 2021 look like?

Claudia Cerna

Dal 2006 opera con CEO, Direttori, individui e team per aziende italiane e internazionali nell’area del cambiamento individuale e organizzativo, trasformazione, abilità interpersonali, intelligenza emotiva, sviluppo di competenze di leadership e change management. Claudia ha completato il suo training di facilitazione e coaching con il Teleos Leadership Institute, Philadelphia (PA) ed è certificata come Professional Certified Coach dalla International Coach Federation (ICF). Ha studiato l’intelligenza emotiva, la leadership risonante, le costellazioni sistemiche. La sua energia, entusiasmo e professionalità creano un ambiente nel quale gli Executive e i Leader si sentono liberi di sperimentare nuovi comportamenti e sono facilitati nel cambiamento.