April 10, 2024
Plans only work if you can keep implementing them. If you’re constantly re-iterating them, always rebuilding them, disrupting them like they never existed… well then they aren’t plans. There just… what was written down today, for you to maybe consider looking at tomorrow but there is no need to follow or adhere to them.
April 8, 2024
When starting a new project it’s almost as though you need someone standing over your shoulder going – “Smaller”. And then you make things a bit smaller. And then they say – “Focus it down more” And then you focus your intent a bit more. And then they say – “Get rid of the extra and minimize it.” And then you take away all the bells and whistles. And then they say – “What’s left that’s making it feel like a mountain?” And then you strip away that and what you’re left with is the barest of intentions of what
April 1, 2024
It doesn’t change, it’s still there, and it never goes away. It never expires. You can think you’re past it, that you never need to do it anymore, but you do, it was to get done. Your avoidance of it is what is holding you back from finishing it. The question you have to ask is whether you’re willing to continually hold yourself back from bigger things by not doing the grunt work that you could do in your sleep.
March 30, 2024
Starting over, isn’t easy. No matter how long you put into the project, starting over is always met with an initial sigh. “Here we go again” “Back to square one” “I have to do it all over again.” Yes you do, but you are also there to do it all over again, you also get to start all over again, and you have the opportunity to begin again. Not everyone gets that, so revel in it.
March 29, 2024
When things go wrong, there are three things you need to do. Reset – it is what it is, let it go. Regroup – get everyone back on the same page, forget what happened, get them focused on where they need to be. Relaunch – Push forward once again. Many teams get hung up on Reset, they can’t let it go, they refuse to let it go, and they never get the chance to regroup and try again. If you can get past the reset, the other two become that much easier.
