Tag: Stress

We’re too busy to ask questions, let alone answer them

Staircase inside The Palace Cafe on Canal Street in New Orleans
The Palace Cafe on Canal Street in New Orleans

 

Business travelers to New Orleans often make the trek to Cafe Du Monde
Business travelers to New Orleans often make the trek to Cafe Du Monde for their famous bag of beignets

 

The stress of time constraints, deadlines, and P&L’s lures us to take shortcuts. Our passion for the purpose is no longer our guiding force. Instead, the clock and the paycheck are our masters.

The growth of those we are leading is the last thing on our mind.

Is profit the goal? Is profit the reward?

We’re too busy to even ask these questions, let alone answer them profoundly.

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Don’t Bother

“If you’re not going to come into the office on Thanksgiving Day, don’t even bother coming in on Christmas day”, the overworked, underpaid leader stated to the others on her team.

The Beatles got it right, didn’t they – “Eight Days A Week”.

This is a good time to be working harder than you ever have before.  I know firsthand, and some think I’m crazy, but I work seven days a week. And have for a long time.

Ain’t braggin’.  Just stating the facts.  And sometimes I wish the week had eight days. But mostly, an extra day just to sleep.

Hope you have an extraordinary week of hard work. We reap what we sow. This is the time to be out-working your competition. When others are ready to give up, it’ll be your opportunity to shine.