Why Try To Get Out Of Your Box, When You Can Use What's In It?
How can you make it easier to read or consume?
How can you make it easier to share?
How can you make it easier for someone else to do next time?
How can you make it easier for your editor to review?
How can you make it easier for your boss to pitch it?
How can you make it easier for next time?
Things don’t become easy because we do them well; they become easy when we design them to become that way.
Stay Positive & Intention First
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The deadline will arrive sooner than you think.
That event you’re excited for will be here sooner than you think.
You’ll lose something you worked hard for sooner than you think.
That new purchase will get a scratch sooner than you think.
A friend will reach out to say how they appreciate you sooner than you think.
Things don’t just happen fast on the internet. They fly by IRL, too.
All the more reason to:
Stay Positive & Sooner Is Better
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When you wake up at your alarm, you decided to wake up at that time the night before when you set it. In that moment, however, you face a new decision: how you’re going to wake up.
Will you do it with gusto and excitement for the day?
When you accept a job interview, you’ve decided to meet a company and be peppered with questions. In the moment of being peppered with questions, however, you have the privilege of making a new decision: how you’re going to answer them.
Do you answer with confidence and contagious joy?
There’s a lot we decide to do… and a lot more that we forget that we also get to decide how we do it.
Stay Positive & With A Smile?
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Advice is fun. Conversations are great. Handshakes are the bridge to loyalty.
But giving someone something to try manifests magic.
There’s nothing as vulnerably connective as “here I/we made this, give it a try.”
Pro tip is this: don’t go anywhere or meet anyone without having something to offer them to try.
Maybe it’s an intro to your book. Maybe it’s some hot sauce a friend gave you. Maybe it’s the skateboard you have in your garage. Something. Anything.
Stay Positive & Make The Connection
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There are two types of carrots you can dangle for motivation.
The first is a candied version. It’s sweet. It’s an incentive. It’s instant gratification. It’s a reward. It works but not as effectively and not as long-term as the other type of carrot.
The second is a healthy version. It’s growth. It’s fulfillment. It’s an investment. It’s the kind that brings more joy getting it than having it.
Stay Positive & Choose Your Motivation Accordingly
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It’s true you’re the average of the five people you spend the most time with.
But I’d argue that equation is missing a component.
You’re actually the average of the five people you spend the most time with PLUS the average of the five people you spend a little time with.
It’s those who you don’t spend day in and day out with that can offer truly unique perspectives, ideas and inspiration.
Often times more magic can happen over lunch with someone outside your circle than someone inside.
Those who create the most change do so with the energy of those within their bubble and outside it.
Stay Positive & Lunch Date?
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Caring more about the work than anyone else in the room (and being okay that no one will care as much as you).
Learning something new (and bonus points if it’s difficult, but still bonus points if it’s easy as long as you apply it in a new way or teach someone else).
Treating different people differently (and by this, I mean understanding the the problem you’re solving is going to be different person to person).
Reminding yourself and your team of your values or why you exist (and understanding that it might feel old or stale to you, but not the new people learning about your project or brand for the first time).
Stay Positive & The Hard Stuff Is Always Worth Doing
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