My best, most productive lunch meetings have been simple affairs. Get a shawarma, find a spot, eat. Go to the place we always go to, order the same thing we always order, discuss. It’s the routine of it that makes the lunch meeting successful. It’s elimination of spending 20 minutes to decide what you want and before that umpteen text messages of where you are going to meet. The...
No one goes into work excited to clean up a mess left there the day before (or by the night shift). We want a fresh start, new beginnings, new opportunities to be successful. So don’t let someone else’s day start that way. Clean up your mess. Leave things better than you found them. Put in the extra 15 minutes to make someone’s entire day better. It’ll be worth it. Share...
Go find the busiest coffee shop you can, buy the biggest drink you can handle and listen. Listen to what people are talking about, listen to what is ailing them, listen to what they are working on. Note: Don’t steal their ideas or do anything illegal or stalkerish. If that’s too “out there” for you, go sign up for a new course or program you have never done before...
Write down the good, the bad and the ugly. As it happens, when it happens. Then when faced with a similar problem, go back and read what you wrote; How you acted.What you tried.Who helped you. Next time presented with the same scenario, read what you did and now ask yourself these questions How should I act nowWhat should I try nowWho do I need help from to make this a success this time. The...
Pull yourself out. Don’t wait for someone else to do it. It’s not a sign of weakness but strength – you know something is wrong – you know you’re not thinking in the right space. You know. Let someone else on the team take over, take a moment, re-centre, find your focus, than when you’re off Tilt – get back in there. And if you can’t pull yourself...