Why Try To Get Out Of Your Box, When You Can Use What's In It?
You pretty much have to be driven if you plan to succeed. Very few accomplish much from the spectator seats. But what kind of driven do you plan to be?
Are you marketing driven? Focused on the flash and the grand opening and optimizing sales?
Are you market driven? Focused on the needs of some and listening to the stories they tell?
Hard to be both. Better to lean into one or the other and own it.
Stay Positive & I Bet You Can Guess My Preference
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The reason indecision is so harrowing is that it means you’re standing still, it means non-action, it means you’re not moving forward.
With the knowledge you have now, decide.
Then learn from it. There’s a 100 percent chance you’ll have the opportunity to decide again in the future. Don’t let this decision stop you from moving forward toward the next.
Stay Positive & Avoid Analysis Paralysis
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The easy-to-find joy is in the moments of progress and achievement and forward leaps.
Opening your doors, launching a new product, and hiring someone all bring a special feeling of joy.
Those moments, however, are short-lived, because after them it’s back to the race.
Better to search for the joy in planning and in clean-up, in prep and in reflection, in lining up the ducks and in collecting them all over again.
Stay Positive & You’ll Enjoy The Marathon More This Way
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By doing more, we often reap more rewards.
But it’s worth questioning who we are doing more for.
Some brands do more for themselves. They might see some rewards in the near future for it, but no chance they’ll be sustained.
Other brands, the one’s we’re loyal to, do more for us, the customer. They’re in it for the long haul (and we are, too, if they keep treating us well).
When it’s time to consider a new tactic, special, event, happy hour, product; it’s worth asking who it’s for.
Stay Positive & If It’s For Them, Carry On
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Sometimes it comes from thinking about a friend.
Other times it’s about proving myself right.
Sometimes it’s forced. I fake it. I show up until motivation does.
Other times it’s because I formed a habit and don’t really need motivation. I just do what I’ve done for the thousandth time.
Sometimes I source it from a vision I have for who I want to be and the story I want to tell.
Other times it’s from being pissed off.
Sometimes it’s to impress someone who might never even know.
Other times it’s from coffee or a podcast.
Point is: Motivation isn’t sourced from one place.
Stay Positive & Find (Or Make) Yours
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In an effort to race to the top, there are two boxes to check at any point in time.
Are you making the work better?
Are you making someone else’s life easier?
Check those two boxes in every action and you’re sure to end up on top.
Stay Positive & See You There
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They’re powerful. They can make or break someone’s spirit (even our own).
Just as important are the words we don’t use. When we keep quiet.
It’s an art. We learn by using them … or not.
The important part is the learning.
Stay Positive & Speak, Learn, Repeat
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