Why Try To Get Out Of Your Box, When You Can Use What's In It?
There’s no shame in holding off launch until it’s ready, until it’s good enough, until you know you can support it.
Of course, that doesn’t mean you should hide in the shadows until the day comes.
Rather, find ways to get out there early, to test the work, to drive greater awareness of your soon-to-launch idea.
Stay Positive & Success Goes To Those Who Connect Early And Often
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There’s so much power, connectivity and an empathetic bond carried in the air when we say someone’s name.
Thank you, Carly.
See you tomorrow, Jake.
Hey, Ben. How’s today going for you?
All statements that can be said without a name, but you just read them as if they were more personal and more heartfelt – and it’s likely none of those names are yours.
Sure, first step is remembering a person’s name.
But once we know it, we have the responsibility to use it.
Stay Positive & Roll Call
P.S. Asking For A Name Is A Lot Easier Than Avoiding Having To Use It When You Don’t Know It
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Most good work is thankless work. Not completely, but certainly more thankless than any of us doing the meaningful work would have hoped.
That’s why it’s vital to notice the impact you’re making, measure results and give yourself thanks for a job continuously well done.
And when those emails come through or pats on the back do happen, treasure them. By nature they will be few and far between.
Then again, the thanks isn’t why we do the work anyway, is it?
Stay Positive & Keep Making A Ruckus
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Surround yourself with people who are better than you, right?
If you think about it, it’s a broken strategy. An effective one, but a broken one.
By always striving to surround yourself with those better than you, you’re tossing away opportunities to connect with those who you can help grow into better versions of themselves.
When everyone tries to surround themselves with others who are better, we all get no where. It’s a paradox.
That’s why there’s something to be said for the ways you advance when you help others rise to a new level.
The real key isn’t who you surround yourself with, it’s how much you can help those you do.
Stay Positive & Need A Hand?
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There’s very few more productive hacks and time management spells than to arrive early and stay late.
Arriving early makes you visible, increases your chances of making small talk with critical attendees, ensures you’ve got started on a project and are ready with questions to keep things moving when others finally show up. Arriving early builds trust, credibility and status. Arriving early enables you to warm up, ease into the work and be present.
The other beautiful thing about arriving early – especially when you don’t want to – is that you’re never the only one, so you build strong connections with others.
And, as far as staying late, all similar benefits can be stated.
The challenge, of course, is ensuring there’s buffer time between tasks, meetings, events, etc. to actually arrive early and stay late.
A difficult challenge, but one very much worth conquering.
Stay Positive & Anything You’d Add?
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It might not be that you need to change things, upend a work flow or start with a fresh team.
It might be that you need to be more grateful for the work, the style, the opportunity, the people, and the impact you get to make right here, right now.
Somehow work gets better when we recognize, appreciate and lean into the parts of it that are already great.
Stay Positive & More Gratitude, More Good
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Many spend their time worrying about making or doing enough to survive.
They worry about competitors and immediate disruptions. They worry about getting enough people in the door to make ends meet. They worry about today.
Admittedly, some need to do that, but most of us don’t.
Most of us could be focusing on what things will look like a year from now and potential disruptions to our business. We could be planning for creating more value for those who enter our doors tomorrow than we gave today. We could be working toward doing something different than our competitors.
Two vastly different mindsets: worrying about making enough to survive or worrying about making enough to advance our offerings.
Again, it’s not a choice for everyone, but for some (you?) it is.
Stay Positive & Is Your Head In The Right Space?
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