Don’t believe everything you read, you’re still in it. You still have 9 months in the year. You’re taking steps and making progress. Don’t stop now, if you’ve fallen behind, take a day and get back on track. But you’re not out of it unless you take yourself out of it.
Through every good and bad, there is a path forward. It’s not always clear what the path is. It’s not always clear where it lies. But it’s there. You just need to look for it.
That’s the only question you need to ask yourself. Every day. Every week. Every month. What does the team need? The follow-up is always the same. What I can do to make it happen? That’s how Leadership starts.
Your toughest, most critical opponent will always be yourself. You will be hardest on yourself before the game, meeting, lecture, discussion has even begun. The goal is not to. The goal is to quiet the toughest opponent in your head, tell them to come out when you need them, when you need that extra kick, that last push. And never before. Not before you’re started.
Recent news that started in January has many companies forgoing Remote work and having one back in the office. You can search for “remote back to office” and find the results – from some of the biggest companies. We went from supporting Remote Work, setting people up with allowances to improve their home environments to going back to the office. This is the third wave of remote work – the first was when everyone was…