Why Try To Get Out Of Your Box, When You Can Use What's In It?
Intuition is often referred to as trusting your gut or a gut reaction.
But that reaction doesn’t come out of nowhere.
It comes from your observation of systematic results (read: patterns).
Intuition is an art in the sense of needing to have more experiences, but it’s a science in that the more we experience, the better we get at recognizing and reacting to problems without needing to think about them.
Stay Positive & All You Need Is More Practice
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The stuff that matters the most is often out of your control.
However, that’s not to say the best path forward is to focus your attention on something completely under your control, but away from what matters.
There are subtle ways you can influence the uncontrollable.
By showing up again and again, by being generous, by taking small steps you can make an impact that results in a win-win for you and what you can’t control.
Don’t be turned off by the difficulty or lack of immediate results, we need you to be in it for the long run.
Culture doesn’t change over night.
Stay Positive & It’s A Thankless Job (But Necessary)
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Outlines are scary.
Not in the difficulty of making them kind of way – that’s quite easy. What makes outlines scary is the responsibility one has to deliver on an outline once it’s shared.
To make an outline means you have a plan and you can’t use the easy excuse of not having direction to hide from doing the work.
Outlines are necessary, though. We can never get to where we’re going if we don’t know where to go, which direction or how quickly we ought to get there.
What has always helped me is knowing that I can change the outline along the way. You’re not locked in with an outline, but you are accountable for seeing one through in one way or another.
Stay Positive & Line By Line
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Every room we walk in, every word we write, every interaction we have, we also have the responsibility of setting the tone around it.
The energy we bring into the work or the meeting is why people show up (on time).
When we authentically show up, as only we can, the attitude of others shifts because they feel comfortable, a sense of belonging, if you can be yourself, then they can be themselves.
Not only does the tone matter, the responsibility to set it is always there.
Always.
Stay Positive & Monitor The Tone
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Being realistic backs you into a corner you can’t do remarkable work from or engage with others in a meaningful way.
Many use realism as a way to hide from big ideas, from things that might not work.
Realistically speaking, we could always be more realistic. We could hide more, undersell the idea further and cut things entirely.
The alternative is to bring bigger, bolder ideas that carry an energy of determination, optimism and passion.
Better to err on the side of more than less, because you might just get it and encourage others to bring the same mentality forward.
When we opt for less –for what’s “realistic”– we might just get that, too.
Stay Positive & Better To Stretch Than Be Sorry
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It becomes infinitely easier to care when you know you’re in.
The opinions of the people within the clique are more relevant when you know you’re part of it.
The work is more meaningful when you’re sure you’ll be the point person.
The passion is more contagious when you truly feel part of a team.
One of the largest lies out there is that you have to wait to told you’re in.
Stay Positive & Pick Yourself
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There’s no difference between hitting rock bottom and feeling like you’ve hit rock bottom.
The way the world works, it’s mostly certain you have felt like a failure, that the only option was to give up, that there was nothing more you could do.
Except, there was.
Except, there is.
You can decide to bounce. To use the momentum built in the downward spiral to bounce back up, maybe in a different direction, maybe with a different passion, but bouncing up, nonetheless.
After all, one way to measure success is by how high you bounce after you hit rock bottom.
No, you don’t need to find rock bottom, but it’s worth being ready for when it finds you.
Stay Positive & Be Ready With The Right Worldview
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