Why Try To Get Out Of Your Box, When You Can Use What's In It?
You can wait for the situation to arrive, to figure it out on the spot, to deal with it when it arrives.
Of course, you can also prevent all the situations from happening by not moving forward, not stretching, not trying to accomplish any remarkable feat.
The smartest move is to build scenarios out. Take the scene from Founder as an example.
What do you do if the expected happens?
What about the unexpected?
What about the super-unexpected?
Stay Positive & Preparation Is Key
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It hurts to compare.
It hurts to compare who makes more money. Who does better work. Who has more respect.
Worst yet, is that it doesn’t take long to find someone to compare with.
It’s easy, so we do it.
IMO, if we’re going to do something, we should do it right.
As in, we should compare what’s relevant. Compare what’s important.
Compare what you do to what you’re capable of, not what others are doing.
Stay Positive & Compare Yourself With The One Who Could Be In The Mirror
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You might as well admit defeat now.
Not in the sense of giving up, but in the sense of moving past it.
Moving past all the criticism you’ll face. Moving past all those who will doubtfully say “How are you going to make that work? Aren’t you afraid of X, Y, and Z?” Moving past the mistakes you know you’ll make.
If you admit defeat, you don’t have to worry about it as you continue following you heart.
It’s a milestone you’ve already passed.
Stay Positive & Put It In The Rear View
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There’s the regret that we hold onto. That drags us down. That reminds us that we didn’t live up to the story we were telling ourselves.
This type of regret is harmful.
Then, there’s the regret that we let fuel us. It makes decision-making easier going forward because we learned from mistakes. It reminds us to be proactive and not reactive.
This type of regret is helpful.
Stay Positive & Regret Is Always One Or The Other (But You Get To Choose)
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Searching for expectations … that’s all anyone is doing.
Once they find them, of course, they’ll see if the promise is kept.
In various situations, like work, they’ll even seek to fulfill that promise.
Alas, they need the direction first; the expectation.
That’s why the worst meetings start without anyone sharing why they’re there.
That’s why the worst projects end up outside of scope.
That’s why the worst creative is completely off target and in need of multiple revisions.
That’s why word of mouth can either help or hurt your business–they’re merely sharing whether the expectations you set (or the ones they set because you didn’t) were met.
Stay Positive & It’s Your Responsibility To Set The Tune
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It’s incredible how smart things can sound when we write them, but when we say them aloud …
The best advice I have ever been given about writing?
Read it aloud before sending it out into the ether.
Take any idea, for example. It does well to write about it, but nothing will make the idea more clear, the intention as obvious, than discussing it aloud.
Same goes for problem-solving, too. And pitching. And convincing.
Stay Positive & When It Doubt, Talk It Out
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You’ve heard it before: “I want you to give me 110%.”
100% is easy to give. It’s following a road map. Checking a list. Doing exactly what you’re told.
Giving 100% is a linear path whereas giving 110% requires a leap.
It requires us to give up the foundational way of thinking. To get that extra 10%, we have to think differently, act differently, not care what others think, make our own boxes to check.
It’s tough work–all of it is–but it’s tough work performed on a different path.
You won’t achieve that 10% by working a little harder at what you’re already doing.
You achieve it when you deviate with passion, with a mission, and yea, a little fear.
Stay Positive & You’ll Find The 10% In Situations Where You Say “This Might Not Work”
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