
The easiest and the hardest things to do at work?
Have a backup plan.
Easy if we plan ahead.
Potentially crushing if we are caught unprepared.
Insight: Average is having a backup plan. Excellent is having a backup for the backup.
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The easiest and the hardest things to do at work?
Have a backup plan.
Easy if we plan ahead.
Potentially crushing if we are caught unprepared.
Insight: Average is having a backup plan. Excellent is having a backup for the backup.
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The goal of great company orientation programs is to have the instructor tell emotional stories about how cool the culture is. Know why?
Given the choice between working in a cool, exciting culture, and one that isn’t, which would you pick?
Personal, emotional, real stories from someone who was in the operation yesterday and is going back tomorrow, well, it’s as authentic as it gets.
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This is how far we’d get if we worried about our lack of experience:
Not very
Much of what’s important and makes profound sense is hidden in the simplest explanations or answers.
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We shouldn’t measure ourselves by how good we are, but by how good we make others.
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The reality of a busy world shouldn’t tempt us to use it as a crutch. Our job as leaders, and we are all leaders, is to find a way to thrive no matter the circumstances.
And we may fail. In fact, odds are we will.
And this is where our real leadership can surface.
Will we allow ourselves to live and operate in the failed state, or do we redouble (for however long it takes) our efforts to “take the hill“?
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