Life Lesson

The unstated commitment to create change with ones work is the sign of an artist.

After the layers of becoming an expert, doing the reading and showing up regularly – it’s about the change.

Taking something from over there and applying it to your work. Trying something new. Listening further to what the target wants and changing with them.

If you don’t find yourself thinking “this might not work” then you’re not committing to the power of change.

Stay Positive & Enroll In The Path Of New

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One might think the sign of a great leader is that they don’t need to check up on work they’ve led others to do. They set others up for success, after all. No need to check up.

Au contraire.

Leaders are recognized for their excellence precisely because they check up on the work, the employees, the target, etc.

Remarkable leaders put as much effort into new forward movement as they do ensuring the path they’ve previously placed continues to function.

Stay Positive & Do More Than Rely On Hindsight

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Determination, resilience, grit – these are all skills you can teach yourself.

Empathy, listening and caring, too.

That being said, just as important as it is to learn and grow these skills; it’s important to unteach ones that aren’t helpful.

Ego, fear, and anxiety.

Negativity, stress and worry, too.

To unteach requires two efforts: It’s nipping the bad skills in the butt when they show up and it’s refocusing the energy on their opposites.

Simple, but hard. Hard, but effective.

Stay Positive & Get At It

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Being able to hold it is a talent.

Holding your breath. Holding your bladder. Holding a secret.

But also holding your emotion.

It can get you through tough times, dips and rough patches.

But it has to be unheld at some point.

The true professional is smart about the when and how of that as much as they are with their tenacity to hold it in when they need to.

Stay Positive & Focus On The Let Go As Much As The Hold In

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Truthfully, it might not be for the best. It might make the future harder, our life harder, the work harder.

But what’s the point of believing in that?

And, if anything, finding a way to trust in the change being for the best will help us get to the easier part, the flow, the momentum sooner.

Stay Positive & Not Thinking It’s For The Best Is A Waste

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Most work, things worth doing, relationships, running a business, etc. are not easy.

But parts of them can be made easy.

Slice and dice; drip and drip; chip away at all the sides of the work that needs to be done. Tiny bits are easy.

Running a marathon is hard. Taking a few steps is easy.

The beautiful part is that it’s completely up to us how we mentally compartmentalize and break down the work worth doing.

If we want it to be easy, we can make it so.

Stay Positive & Turn The Hard Stuff Into Easy Stuff

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A well-curated Instagram profile can look amazing and send a strong signal of professionalism and care.

A nursery, all decked out in one specific theme, can send a signal of determination, thoughtfulness and care, too.

Yet, then there are thousands of businesses running their Instagam accounts without a visual theme and millions of parents raising children without a consistent nursery theme – both businesses and parents are successful, too.

What gives?

I’ll tell ya: It’s about those who make promises and show up regularly.

A theme is a nice way to help people categorize you in their heads, but it’s not the game changer for them to become a loyalist to your brand or for your children to grow up in a positive household.

Looks can matter, but not as much as making promises and showing up does.

Stay Positive & Do First, Theme Later

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