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We Boomers should love a good mistake as much as meat eaters love a good beefsteak. Ultimately, the only thing holding anyone back is the fear of making mistakes. Lack of resources like money, time, experience, connections…all of these are excuses masking the fear of failure.
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Was talking to a really smart Fortune 100 executive recently, someone I’ve know for over a decade. We don’t speak regularly, but when we do, we each walk away with something good.
He shared an insight about knowledge and time. Today’s emerging workforce has all the knowledge the world has ever known at their beck and call. One click takes them there. Instantly. We didn’t have enough time to debate, but the insight for me is this:
Knowledge is no substitute for time. Time is like money. The more you have, the wealthier you are. Time, well spent, buys you experience, something knowledge alone can not offer. The compound interest of time nets wisdom.
Wisdom comes from experience, and experience comes from making mistakes.
The long way is the shortcut to success.
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When I said, “Nobody is upping their game and working harder than they ever have in their entire lives“, it dawned on me that further explanation may help.
Most people are working harder than they ever have, but that’s not what I meant by working harder.
Huh?
What we are talking about here is working harder to innovate, not harder to keep our jobs. Although, intuitively, more and better innovation should actually catapult people.
It doesn’t.
And this is why no one is doing it.
Except the linchpins.
No one is focused on innovation because innovation requires change and risk.
Change and risk make you stand out. Change and risk in today’s climate can get you in trouble.
Who wants that?
Nobody. Not even the Linchpins.
Speaking of leadership with it’s titles, status, perks, benefits, bonuses, responsibility, accountability, opportunities…
This “bonus” (today’s second post) jungle jeff blog post shares my response to a faithful jungle jeff reader.
We are all leaders. Every last one of us. Even if it doesn’t seem so.
We all travel through life with the exact same “currency” – time.
Mistakes are gifts.
Past mistakes become worse when we don’t open them up as the gifts they are, and reflect on the reason they happened, and the opportunity they represent.
To me, failure is never opening the gift.
The gift-giver is actually ourselves. If we cannot thank ourselves for our mistakes – our opportunities – we lose.
Stay strong, dig deep, find quiet space, and open your gift.
Then send yourself a thank you note