Why Try To Get Out Of Your Box, When You Can Use What's In It?
Curiosity killed the cat, but there is another part of the story.
Satisfaction brought it back.
We can choose to listen to a certain slice of a story and we can choose to tell ourselves only part of a narrative, but it’s short-changing and prevents us making a choice from a place of holistic reasoning.
The story you’re telling yourself right now … there’s another part of it if you choose to notice.
Stay Positive & Keeping Digging
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If the detail is causing you anxiety and stress and frustration and disappointment.
It might be worth letting the detail go.
There are other details that matter more.
Ones that involve generosity and others.
Details that bring joy and passion and a shared experience.
Stay Positive & Away From The Details That Hurt More Than Help
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Do they have everything they need?
Are they inspired enough to choose your project over another?
Is there a member that’s bringing the team down?
Are they fueled (literally and imaginatively)?
Do they know the deadline?
Do they trust one another?
Most work isn’t about you and it’s not about one person.
The great work, anyway.
Stay Positive & What Can You Do For The Team?
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You might care more than the person who did X before you.
You might have more passion, researched more and got more eyeballs on you, but it’s unlikely the market, the audience, the spectators will care.
What they’re looking for is someone who cares so much that they’re willing to put themselves out on the edge to do something different.
The same magic trick gets old, no matter how passionately you do it.
Stay Positive & What’s Your Twist?
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I think of a crisis as something that happens that puts the eyes of a massive audience all on you.
Typically, it occurs when something doesn’t go right.
I’d argue that a plan needs to be crafted for when things go beyond right.
How do you and your organization respond/react when things go far better than projected, when a proposal happens in your venue, when a famous person stops in, when a staff member saves a customer’s life?
Stay Positive & Plan For The The Good, To
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I used to have a digital list of all those who rejected an idea I had worked on for two years.
Also on the list were those who I would never trust with my business again (some HR people, manufacturers, etc,.).
I’ve gotta tell you – walking around with all of that was exhausting.
Keeping tabs of all those who have rejected or actively put your ideas down actually helps them ensure your idea never sees the light of day.
After noticing the weight I bared, I tossed the list and started a new one.
All those who have supported my ideas. The ones who have gone an extra mile for me. The ones who have approved and then elevated my work.
Things have been far better since.
Stay Positive & See You On Cloud 9
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It’s beneficial to be a follower.
You can learn a lot from traveling down a well-lit path.
But you can’t be a follower and a maker at the same time.
A maker finds their magic in the unknown, the untraveled path, in the act of trailblazing.
Once a maker, it’s hard to want to become a follower again.
But once a follower, it’s easy to get stuck on a comfortable path someone laid out and never become a maker.
Stay Positive & Go Where The Magic Is
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