You might feel like you’re only operating at 50% and that is probably a tough feeling – knowing you’re not operating at 100% capacity and knocking down tasks as soon as they come in. That is most likely very tough. But in the back of your mind, it’s always important to remember – that you’re 50% is someone else’s 120% and they probably wish they could have your 50% all day, every day.
If we gave up on stuff not working the first time, no one on the planet would ever be walking. At that point in time though, it wasn’t ingrained in you to give up, you simply hefted yourself back up on the couch and tried again. Forget the noise, forget what you think your failure is, forget what went wrong. Get up and take that first step again… and again… and again…
Everyone brings the same thing to their teams. Skills, Attitude, and Effort. Skills – whatever your job is. Attitude – how you treat people and act when things go wrong. Effort – how much you put into the team. The best teams I have worked with excelled in attitude, energy, and skill. It doesn’t mean there is a great disparity between all three, what it does mean is that the group knows where their focus…
Your Strategy is where you want to go. Your Tactics are how you are going to get there. Your Tactics can change as you learn, stumble, fail, and achieve. But your strategy should always remain the same. Another way to think of it – your strategy is what drives you and pushes you to achieve a goal, your tactics are what will make it happen.
Support Systems are what keep us going. They can be a network of friends or former work colleagues that we have previously worked with. Your Support System doesn’t need to be large, in fact, it shouldn’t be, otherwise, they will never be there to support you. Keep it small, keep it tight – you only need a handful of people to remind you that you’re on the right path or be honest with you that…