Why Try To Get Out Of Your Box, When You Can Use What's In It?
Those who will make a difference aren’t knocking on every door they walk by.
You have to go to ridiculous lengths to find them.
And even further lengths to keep them.
Simply put, to attract a linchpin you have to recruit like one.
Don’t expect to recruit someone who will make a difference by reaching out the same way everyone else does, by paying what everyone else does, by offering what everyone else does.
Stay Positive & The Result Changes When The Approach Does
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It’s scary to do, but essential to do out of the gate (better yet, before the gate opens).
What will you do when your brand starts to grow? What happens with the profit? Who benefits?
Planning for the bad, the struggle and all the challenges is worth doing. So is planning for the success, the unexpected growth and the fueled tribe of followers you’ll attract.
When you wait too long to state what you’re after in the long haul, others will begin to state what you’re after for you (and unless you’ve built a passionate tribe before launch, it isn’t often a positive assessment).
Will you direct your excess to the investors? To the merchants on your street? To employees? To the community who has followed you? To the community you’re surrounded by? To those who show up? To those who don’t?
If you’re clear about where you’re going early on, it’s easier for people to get on board.
Stay Positive & The Age Of Non-Accountability Is Over
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If you look for the bad in a situation, you’re sure to find it.
Often times, we even make it up when it’s not there because we feel better (and our minds reward us) when we are right more than when we are wrong.
If you’re going to go searching, search for the good.
Stay Positive & Awareness Is The Simplest Place To Start
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Nobody asks for directions anymore. Except, they do.
Rather than asking “How do I get to X?” We ask, “Where do you recommend we go while we’re in town?”
It’s alright to ask for directions. Always has been.
The power, though, comes from asking, not always from what you’re told.
Stay Positive & What Else Can You Ask For Directions To?
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Sure, you could make anything fun, but sometimes that’s more work than to just do what needs to be done.
So, no, it’s not always fun.
You’re not always being supported by others.
The system doesn’t always work in your favor.
Things don’t always go as planned.
That’s how work that matters works.
But we need to do it, to push through and find a way to be better because of it.
Stay Positive & Onward, Always
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The trap that claims many entrepreneurs, artists and impresarios is that if something works (or doesn’t work today) it will work (or not work) tomorrow.
After all, the conditions are practically the same. Not much has changed. There hasn’t been a big alter in leadership or an increase in mechanical pressure. There’s not worse weather today and you didn’t wake up any later than usual. At face value, nothing went wrong yesterday and today’s not any different, so why be concerned?
Mainly because today is different. (Tomorrow will be, too.)
Ebbs and flows don’t happen over night. They happen over time with subtle, non-noticeable shifts.
More often than not, the consistency trap makes us lazy. We begin making assumptions instead of inserting check valves and analyzing how today might be different from yesterday. (Even more importantly, we need to assert foresight on how tomorrow might be different from today.)
Perhaps because nothing bad happened yesterday is all the reason to pay closer attention today.
It’s a number game, a statistical evaluation over a lifetime that can either work in our favor. Or not.
Stay Positive & Make Sure Output Today Adds Value Tomorrow
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Beyond the current description you have …
Beyond what’s on your LinkedIn profile …
Beyond what your boss expects you to do …
You can work to make sure that anyone who you connect with leaves in a better state than when they arrived.
Yea, it might be a second job, but the world will be a better place if we all enroll.
Stay Positive & No Application Required
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