Sure you’re smarter, better educated and have more experience. But that also gives you biases, blind spots and sometimes a dismissive overconfidence. Other times you might just be defending your position or that of your tribe.
Are you looking for solutions? Are you looking for improvement? Are you willing to be given insight that you were not aware of, missed. Or overlooked?
it’s time to listen more. You’ll be better for it.
When you want something, try different angles to make it work out. There might only be one way to do something but that is rarely the case. You may have to use your imagination and get creative in what you do.
For example, if you want to meet someone in an office setting and you can’t reach them on their direct line, try calling the receptionist. Or call their secretary. Alternatively you could trying calling their unit head, office manager, colleague or even CEO.
If calling isn’t working, try sending an email, a letter in the post, use LinkedIn or other social media accounts, or go to their office. There are many ways to make things happen. Sometimes you need to try several different options before you find success. If you keep trying different avenues, options, timing and tones, you greatly increase your probability of success.
So be sure to try different angles.
You need to adjust when life changes. If you get a diagnosis, your body changes, or there are external factors, you will need to change the way you do things.
You may have to change your diet, medical interventions, pills, exercise, route to work or your whole life!
Regardless, we are adaptable if we want to be. And we will survive. So start adjusting.
If you say you can’t, ask yourself why..is it pride, stubbornness, laziness, childlike petty resistance, other? Tell me in the comments.
When transferring money, booking flights or dealing with health issues, you are best to take a little extra time and make sure you get the details right.
I bet you could. Stop scrolling, watching tv or chatting about whatever. Pick a topic, learn about it and then start to create a business with it. You’re not creating IBM overnight. But you will build a small company, learn a lot and maybe even build a bigger company eventually.
Do more of the things that get you closer to your goals and do less faffing around. You will love your progress.
Everything seems to come to an end. Road trips. Courses. Movies. Rain.
So prepare for these moments.
Like a mountain road in Italy, there are lots of twists and turns. Stay sharp, go the right speed and keep aware of everything around you. You’ll get through it and be wiser and more experienced too.
When we look at others, we often think they are the same as us plus all the other benefits they have. We don’t tend to think what they could’ve been through or how difficult their life was or what they have sacrificed. We don’t know, but we make it up and we add only the good bits we make up into of our story of their lives.
Be decisive. Cut out the distractions. Focus on what you really want. Don’t just nurture things because they are in front of you. Go after your scary dreams. Be ready to fail. Get clear. Go!
