Why Try To Get Out Of Your Box, When You Can Use What's In It?
Think of that beast that’s holding you back from the success you seek.
Complete this statement: You can’t achieve success because…
You need funding? Approval from a boss? An introduction to someone influential? A forward written by a previously famous author?
Now complete this statement: You can achieve your success if…
Turn “you can’t” into “you can if…”
Stay Positive & Because You Can (As Long As You Think Of Things Differently)
We often cut ourselves slack when we know we’re doing something for the first time.
When most work pressure is self-produced, it’s nice to have projects where we give ourselves a break because it’s our first time.
I wonder how your work would change if you kept that mindset with every project you take, every task you start, every new idea you start working on.
Aren’t you doing what you’re doing for the first time anyway even if you have done it before? You’ve taken the lessons learned from that first time and are applying them to this first time, right?
Confusing? Yes, but ultimately worth sorting out in our mind.
Stay Positive & Take That Weight Off Your Shoulders
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then it’s another.
There used to be a clock that was never right in a classroom at school a couple of years ago. Everyone hated it, but no one did anything about it. Until one day, a guest speaker came to class and at the end of it, took the clock with him, forcing the department to replace it.
Now students complain about the chairs. (Don’t worry, I vow when I’m invited to speak in that classroom I will take all the chairs afterward.)
Then it will be something else to complain about.
It’s a curios mindset: if it’s not one thing then it’s another. Those who have it care less about perfection. They don’t get distracted by the little things like a clock that’s not working right or part of a desk that keeps falling off when people even slightly touch it (yup, that’s my desk right now). What’s the point?
In a world of constant yin and yang, we’ve gotta decide at what point do we stop trying to change the little things that are bugging us and devote that energy to work we love. We can minimize griefs, but we will never be able to destroy them completely.
Stay Positive & Where Are You Spending Your Energy? Time’s Ticking.
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When you’re concerned about getting credit for a project, you’re bound to deliver sub-par work. There’s not much arguing it, unless you’re totally fearless.
When you want your name on work, there’s the initial thought of all the possibilities, of the spotlight, of the recognition.
Then the fear sets in. What if it’s not good enough? What if you don’t know how to complete part of the project? What if you can’t over-deliver like you dreamed of doing?
Better to focus on the big picture, the why of the project and care less about the names on it.
Stay Positive & It Helps To Have A Team Too
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On this episode of In The Box Podcast, we talked about labeling people, if social media is important for every business to have, one quote Michael loves, best method for maintaining focus, and whether you can communicate to someone who what you’re selling will feel right to them.
Enjoy.
Episode 26: Victim, Attention, “It Just Feels Right,” Social Media And More
Social media – How important is social media to a business?
Quote – What is one quote you love and why?
Victim – Does calling a “victim” a “victim” actually negatively impact the individual on the receiving end of the unwanted act?
Attention – Name the best method you have found to maintain your attention span and not succumb to all the potential distractions around you?
Bonus – How do you communicate that something feels right?
Stay Positive & You’re Awesome For Listening (That’s My Label To You)
Trial and error is a mentality as much as it is a strategy.
When you take a stab at a project for the first time, you expect to hit road bumps, you expect you’ll run into the unexpected, you expect you’ll learn things you didn’t know before.
Moreover, fear is absent, so is worry, and concern and guilt.
With trial and error, you’re too focused on failing fast and getting better than before.
What if we viewed all our efforts as trial and error? Aren’t they?
Stay Positive & What A Powerful Mentality
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There are a lot of tough questions that we ask ourselves.
Often times, we do something else so we don’t have to answer them. We blast music. We go running. We drink. We back down. We change direction.
Great leaders, I think, become so when they get tripped up by a question, but still answer it.
The experience they gain from doing so is what puts them ahead, makes them smart, and motivates them to seek more questions that trip them up. And that’s just it. There will never be a day they stop asking the tough questions because they know it’ll never get easier, but it will always be more and more worth it.
What do you do about people who get mad and disagree with you?
If someone can do it better than you, will you let them?
Are you willing to let someone else get hurt? How about get the credit?
Stay Positive & If There’s A Text Book Answer, Then It’s The Wrong Question
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