Only you know the answer to what else you can do to solve a problem, to fix what’s wrong, to figure out what to work on next. The question of “What Else can you do?” isn’t for someone else to ask, it’s for you to ask of yourself. We do things as a team, but the ones that ask this question of themselves all the time, are the ones that emerge as the leaders.
Does it matter who found the answer? Or that the answer was found? Does it matter that it was the expert who found the answer or someone else who found a random post on the issue? What matters? Is the problem solved, and can everyone move on? Or is what matters that you found the answer? You can’t have both, one moves you forward, the other holds you back.
Or do you? If you don’t, then no, the answer is you don’t know the drill. If you do, then yes, you know the drill and it’s no longer a drill, it’s how you do things, how the team does, how everyone comes together, and how fun and work are had and accomplished at the same time. When you know the drill, you’re not thinking about the drill, you’re doing what you’re supposed to be…
Not where you hoped you would be? Not at the job you think you should have? Didn’t get through the first interview round? Your certification exam took a slight detour? You can look at these as either setbacks or steps to growth and learning. If you yearn for nostalgia, screenshot them, put them in a folder, forget about them, and revisit them in 3 years, then ask yourself was it a setback or a step…
I have a ton of respect for everything that teachers do. They spend time outside of their day putting together intricate learning plans that are geared towards helping kids grow and learn all within the constraints they are provided. Who wouldn’t want to go on a random field trip when the opportunity presented itself because the weather was snowing outside? But they can’t. And then when the lesson plans don’t click, they need to pivot,…