Author: Garth Beyer

In most of our ways, we are stuck.

Not necessarily in a bad sense, but in the sense of comfort and status quo and “the usual.”

Certainly in ways that we feel work out. Perhaps the way we drive to work or the beer we have in our fridge or the books we read. It’s all good.

But on the path to better (because there is always a better), we have to do things differently.

Drive a new way. Try a new beer. Read a new book.

The same goes for how we serve others.

Try a different joke or greeting. Add a different item to the merchandise wall. Offer a different food item.

Different does well for us in a lot of aspects. It opens us up to interacting with new people and in new ways.

And it’s that interaction that fulfills us and makes whatever discomfort we feel in something different, worth it.

Stay Positive & It’s Sometimes Scary At First, But Different Is The Way To Better

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The void is there for a reason.

It’s space to reflect. It’s time to get creative. It’s where you can find the energy to leap.

We all need processing time; for the past, present and future.

There’s no excuse for not using the white space.

Stay Positive & No Excuse For Not Making White Space, Either

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It doesn’t matter if it’s the context of a customer or a coworker or a partner.

Doesn’t matter if it’s a vendor or another organization (which, truly, is still a person on the inside).

The other person is going through their own challenges, mistakes, motivations and bosses expecting them to step up. They’ve got family pressure and other expectations of them outside their work. They, too, are balancing doing what needs to be done and working to move things forward, to improve, to leap.

Every other is working a life as complex and challenging as our own.

When we can take an extra step to help another out; it doesn’t just help them, it helps us, too.

Stay Positive & Empathy Is Everything

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A little more emphasis in your voice.

A little more positivity.

A little more listening.

A little more effort.

A little more collaboration.

A little of a lot can go a long way in making a real difference.

Stay Positive & A Little More Is All It Takes

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There are a lot of great streaks out there.

Writing streaks. Workout streaks. Work streaks.

But none as impactful as a streak of a positive attitude.

A positive attitude when things are going our way and when they’re not. A positive attitude when the work gets piled on. A positive attitude when others need you when you know they shouldn’t. A positive attitude when faced with adversity.

Fortunately there’s an endless opportunity to have a positive attitude. If you lose track, you can start again and quickly build your streak.

And the most beautiful part is that once the streak is long enough, momentum carries it from there.

Stay Positive & How Long Can You Go?

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It’s going to feel like a lot of work. You’re going to be scared. You’ll want to seek out reassurance and help.

The work worth doing is never easy at first.

Same goes for work that’s assigned to you.

Same goes for any work that’s new.

You’re going to trip up and fumble a bit. You’ll find all the kinks in the process. You’ll learn where you over-promised and where you under-delivered.

That’s the reality of firsts.

And the reality of seconds? Simple. Take what you learned first and apply to learn more.

So, who is up for starting something new?

Stay Positive & Then Make It Better

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Most shy away from areas of fear or results of exhaustion.

Others run to them.

Not because they are masochists. Not because they enjoy it. But because that’s where the remarkable work happens.

If you’re not afraid and exhausted from time to time, the reality is that you’re not working at the edge where you’ll make a difference.

It’ll never get easier. But it’s always worth it.

Stay Positive & See You On The Exhausted Side

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