Did you show up? Did you do the bare minimum? Were you there but not engaged? Did you give to try your best? Could you have done better? Checking the box isn’t enough, it never was, and it never will be. The next time you find yourself in that scenario, ask yourself what you could accomplish if you did more next time – not for others, but for you.
You have to get to know them. You have to know your team. If you don’t know them if you don’t understand what their worries, concerns, ambitions, or goals are – how can you hope to craft a strategy to help them grow, develop, and become a team? Every member is a part of the team, they all have something to offer, it’s up to you to find out what it is and how it…
You might not know what it is, or if it’s the right one, but if it’s something, in the direction you are headed, then chances are, you’re making the right choice. Don’t get hung up on everything that could go wrong after the next, third, or fourth step, just take it. When you get to the second, third, or fourth step, you’ll have plenty of time to decide where to go from there, and more…
If you’re always showing up, you are that much farther than those that don’t. If you show up and participate, you are that much farther than those that show up. If you show up and ask questions, provide feedback, take initiative, lead and keep helping others. Well… then you’re unstoppable.
Of course it did, we all have an ingrained habit of assuming the worst of what might happen in a particular scenario and then when it happens we say and combination of… Could have been a lot worse. Went better than I thought. That’ll do. Well, now we know where to start. Nothing ever goes as planned in your head, but what you do next, is always better than where you are currently starting from.