Memories grow with experience. What worked? What didn’t work? What should we have done? What should we never do again? How did we feel? Memories give us experience, and they allow us to relive them, play them over again and again in our heads. The Memories are what remind us of what we are working towards and give us the reminder for where we can go.
If you have someone on your team, that makes you want to show up better, earlier, and smarter than the day before. Then that person is your leader. It doesn’t matter what’s on the org chart; they are your leaders, and they are the ones who will make you better than you are today. Volunteer to work with them. Ask them questions. Get them to review your work. Listen to their feedback and apply it.…
I recently had my jet pump “stop” working. I didn’t know where to look as I had never had this happen, and had to go find the fix on the Internet. To give you an idea of what I was contending with, see the picture below. From there, I still had no idea how to configure this thing to start working so then I had to go check out this video (which was immensely helpful…
Despite our best intentions, your daily routine will be derailed. You might make the first day, possibly the second, but some factor outside of your control will derail it. You can “sub” in alternatives to your routine to get work done, but there will always be this feeling of “I didn’t uphold my routine.” This is true, you didn’t, on this day, the streak was over, and now you start again. But you subbed in…
Can you fix a water heater? Can you fix your furnace? Can you fix the pump that brings water into your house? Maybe 60 years ago, people knew how to fix all these things; now, maybe you are down to being able to fix one, troubleshoot the other, and not even touch the third. Unless, of course, you’re specialized in those things – in which case, congratulations. So many people have stopped wanting to learn…