Why Try To Get Out Of Your Box, When You Can Use What's In It?
Reach out. Reach out to an expert for some advice. Reach out to a friend to chat. Reach out to someone outside your industry to hear what they’re stuck with. Reach out to someone on LinkedIn whom you share a connection with. Life is a lot like business, the more you reach out, the better […]
When we first start out in our careers, we stretch. We ask for more, speak up more, expect a raise or a promotion more quickly. We’re always reaching to move up, get to that next step, show our worth. And over time the stretching works. We move up, but then we’re satisfied and we stop […]
Then list absolutely everything you have to do to make that project you’re working on succeed. If the evaluation isn’t enough to get you to stop moving forward, then certainly seeing how long of a list it ends up being will. If you want to get unstuck, it pays to prioritize, to focus on a […]
Most stickiness sucks. Gum on your shoe. Not moving up at work. Deciding between movies with friends or date night with your siggo. As often as I write about avoiding getting stuck, there is one stuck that’s a good sign. It’s the creative sort of stuck. After hours of concepting, thinking of ideas, and struggling […]
Each year I sit on a panel of judges for a college marketing course. This year the students pitched Buffalo Wild Wings and Chick-fil-A. One presentation stuck out for a few reasons. They started by calling out the brand for what it was doing terribly at. Not just listing problems, but actually showing and reporting […]
Two of the biggest reasons you stay stuck and don’t do anything is fear of inadequacy and fear of failure. You may be good at many things, but a master of none. No matter what you do, it won’t be good enough. Have you felt this before? Failure can suck too, but that is a […]
Progress is made when the fear of staying the same outweighs the fear of change. I’d argue greater progress happens when the alternative of moving forward is harder or scarier than the main option of how to move forward. Consider the order in which you completed your last to-do list; I’m sure you chose the […]
