Why Try To Get Out Of Your Box, When You Can Use What's In It?
Questions are powerful beyond the purpose of becoming informed.
They’re remarkable at combating frustration.
Why are they acting that way? What’s the most important task to do next? How did I get frustrated?
Of course, it’s not just asking the question, but answering them.
A Q&A with yourself goes a long way to mitigating or eliminating frustrations.
Which is all to say, that frustration? That’s on you.
Stay Positive & Auf Weidersehen, Frustration
The quickest way to getting something to be better is by making it better.
Bit by tiny bit.
So much so that no one can tell it has been made better yet other than you.
(No one notices a few screws in cabinetry that were lightly screwed in. Finish screwing them in and it has been better even if no one else notices it has been made better.)
Stay Positive & Then Do It Again
There’s not a single presentation, guide or training that doesn’t talk about how important it is to establish goals.
They miss an important factor… probably the most important one after establishing them.
To re-stablish.
Updating a business plan isn’t just good practice; it’s a working self-fulfilling prophecy.
And writing as someone who has achieved many of the biz goals I’ve set out to complete, I’ve felt most horrible about my success and my head has gone spinning when one of two things happen: I need to pivot a goal but haven’t yet because I’m so locked on the goals I set or if I’ve achieved the goals and have no additional ones made beyond those yet.
Both headaches are ones easily alleviated by regularly re-establishing the goals.
Stay Positive & It’s Worth Paying Yours A Visit Soon
Three reminders from a presentation I gave on AI to a room of roughly 20 business owners today.
Stay Positive & Go On And Prosper
How long does a tightrope walker try to balance on a tightrope?
How long does there need to be tension on the tightrope for a tightrope walker to perform?
The answers may shock you.
Well, not really. The shock comes from that connection that we’re all tightrope walkers in our work.
Balance isn’t something we attain, it’s something we constantly work toward.
And the work worth doing? There’s constant tension. No let up.
Of course, you can always get off the tightrope…but what’s the fun in that?
Stay Positive & I’d Rather Break Records
It’s a beautiful statement that starts with very little power but that power quickly converts to meaning.
If you wake up early, you might as well go ahead and work out.
If you have down time on a plane, you might as well read a book.
If you see a co worker struggling on a project, you might as well help out.
You can draw a connection between the way you feel fulfilled (or don’t) at the end of each day to how many times you find yourself saying “Well, I might as well….”
Stay Positive & Notice How There Are Very Few “Bad” Situations You Say That Expression For
Comparing hurts.
Most of the time, it hurts in the short term. I can compare our Christmas light setup to our neighbor’s and immediately feel bad. (Bad for them, that is, because ours is amazing.)
Every other time that it doesn’t hurt in the short term; it hurts in the long term.
We might have a moment of bliss (like when I typed about how great our holiday lights are in comparison), but it doesn’t actually serve us in the end. That feeling results in no meaningful connection with the neighbor’s, no action step for improvement, and no solace against the fact that maybe, just maybe, they’re not done putting up lights yet.
You can swap lights out for just about anything and the result is the same: comparing isn’t worth the time.
Stay Positive & You’ve Got Better Things To Do, Anyway
