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When everything has to be perfect, it will feel like nothing ever is.

When everything is a fire drill, people will burn out.

When everything is on one person’s shoulders, the weight will crush them.

Far better to sort out what has to be perfect and what is good enough (as in, it’s good, now enough – ship it and move onto the next).

Far better to only call something a fire drill when it truly is. (Does that email really need to be marked high importance?)

Far better to ask for help, rally your tribe of supporters to assist or speak up about your bandwidth to better prioritize where you put your time and what you’re responsible for.

The world doesn’t need more firefighters; it needs more people to think smartly about the systems that are in place and speak up when they’re broken.

Stay Positive & “Everything” Is Too Much

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As it is with everything in life, too much of a good thing becomes a bad thing.

So it goes with editing and the polishing and the proofing of your work.

At some point, all that polish begins to dilute the magic you had in there.

Having a smear of vulnerability throughout is what makes it relatable.

Worth checking: Are you polishing or diluting?

Stay Positive & Humanize The Work

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Seeking out something new and shiny can be expensive.

A far more productive (and cost-efficient) action is to mash what we already have.

A writer mashes different letters and words to craft a new story.

A baker mashes different yeasts and ingredients to bake a new pastry.

A marketer mashes different ideas to craft a new strategy.

You have more to work with at your disposal than you might think.

It just takes guts to lean in, dissect, break and mash up something new.

Stay Positive & Guts Worth Leaning Into

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The question any good leader asks of others: What do you need to have more positive impacts?

Great leaders aren’t just there to help patch up issues or compliment a team member on a job well done.

They’re there to increase the impact one can make.

It really is as simple as providing the resources for one to do so.

But you won’t know what resources those are unless you ask.

Stay Positive & Fuel Their Fame

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Talent can be taught, trained and refined.

But the only way for someone to become talented is if they have an attitude for it.

Stay Positive & Right Attitude = Right Person

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When a guest asks for a recommendation (or any kind of information), they not only want an answer, but they also want confidence and reassurance with it. Weaving it as a story will make their day, too. They could benefit from a little insider information, too-perhaps hearing what you would buy if you were in their position.

If you listen closely enough, you’ll hear that guests want more than just a recommendation.

Stay Positive & Give It All

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There’s the work that needs to get done today. The urgent. The easy to-dos. The task list.

Then there’s the seed planting.

The moments of dropping an idea. The moments of sharing and showing the change that your idea could make. The investment of your time in the to-dos that you won’t see a return on until much later (and perhaps not at all).

Every day we have the chance to plant.

Stay Positive & Start Off With Seeding

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