Have you ever felt stuck in where you are? Not sure where to go or what to do next? Not confident that you can even take that first step? Are you feeling more confined merely by reading the first few lines in this post? You shouldn’t. Being stuck is the best place to be – it’s in those moments of being stuck that we force ourselves to take a step back and look at where…
If you are not there to make the presentation that you have slaved over for months, will people still recognize and appreciate that it was done by you and not the stand in? How much does it matter if they don’t? The people who don’t know you will assume (their mistake) that it is the presenter who has done everything. The people who do you know you, will see your touch, your fingerprints, your passion all…
One is trying to bring something into existence (Create) and the other is trying to assemble, fabricate or join “things” together into something (Build). When you Create something you are trying to bring life to something from the ground-up, to inspire and motivate those around you to help you so whatever your something is it can come to life. Building something involves putting components together (in some cases against a plan) in the hope that you…
I’m one of those people that thinks planning is a good thing. Not the “I’m going to write a 140 page document” type of plan – but a well-drawn out plan that exists on a markerboard that you see each and every day you come in to deliver. It’s your roadmap. It’s what you are going to achieve and how you are going to get there. No one else needs to see it, some might even…
We all set our priorities in different ways… Working on the low hanging fruit. Doing what’s easy. Doing what the customer wants. Doing what costs less. Doing what costs more. Making it look nice. Making it functional. Taking on a challenge. We all prioritize our efforts in different ways – the key is to understanding the differences in how you prioritize, how your team prioritizes and how your organization prioritizes and discovering how to align each…