To do all the work you need to do, you need to have a connected environment to a network that not only lets you work on that particular task, but it opens a dizzying array of other things you can be doing. Watching YouTube while you work. Incoming messages coming at you. Seeing twitter updates scroll in. Seeing newsfeeds update. Now more than ever it is a task in itself to get yourself to focus…
Your last project is done. It’s over. It’s complete. It’s left the building. And now, everything you have been putting off has come flooding back to you. You can think now, it’s no longer consuming you and it’s time to finish everything else you put on hold.
Yesterday was winter and today is spring. So what’s the difference? Nothing, today could still be winter, and keep going for another 4 days until it was spring. It’s a date that seemed like a good idea at the time so we stick with it. So if you’re waiting for a date to start making changes, just know, they all don’t make sense, so what you’re actually waiting for is a manufactured date that has…
I used to work with this guy, we’ll call them Leonard (real person), many years ago. At the end of a project, Leonard had a horrific review, he thought he could skate by on past achievements and not have to put the work in. Turns out his manager thought otherwise and was let go. Leonard pleaded and pleaded and was brought back but with a reduced salary and responsibilities. Two things could have happened at…
How Hard you work determines how successful you’ll be. It’s that simple. If you are not having to work hard, it’s most likely because someone worked hard before you and you are now able to leverage that work. Someone had to work hard for you be successful, it’s either going to be you or someone else.