When you shoot the messenger because you don't like the messenger, you end up killing their message with it - don't! The insights brought to bear may save a project, save time, heck - even save money!
All in Self-Effectiveness
If you want to be a better decision-maker, share all of the data with your tribe. Let them press for more, and be willing to put all your cards on the table. Only then, after sharing it all, will you start to see growth within yourself.
I believe that one of the biggest threats to our world, especially the corporate world, is the lack of dissent, skepticism, or a willingness to challenge belief.
Learning is better together.
Be a Sponge.
Learning stops because I've started seeing someone's work not for what it is, but for what I think it should be. Instead of being the proverbial sponge, I am "judge and jury."
Acknowledge and leverage your primal desire to win and discover how to become the best learner possible. Focus on expanding your mind so that every experience - win or lose - is a learning occasion.
The presentation, fall out, and how to recover.
A recruitment story about a tough role to fill, and the anxiety leading up to presentation.
That which influences your ability to do anything but is outside of your control is "luck." Luck has nothing to do with skill.
Give Yourself Margin.
Life is full of probability. Before crossing the street, jaywalking, you notice that there are no cars in the distance on either side of you, it is probable you'll safely jaywalk across the street. On the contrary, if there appears to be a lot of fast traffic in both directions, the probability of a safe cross is less.
As promised, today, I'm sharing questions you can use to develop your thoughts and make better decisions.
Challenge Yourself.
I am willing to bet that life challenges you to rethink your beliefs more often than not. I'll go so far as to say you live in doubt about your life choices most of the time. Perhaps you enjoy this blog because you seek some clarity?
When confronted with several options, they will choose the groups most aligned with who they believe themselves to be. How do you improve the odds someone will pick you?
Every choice we make is a bet against ourselves. We are staking one version of our future selves against another; then, we make a choice made by the consideration of probabilities - are we better off or not?
If life were a chessboard, every time we'd jaywalk, we'd get hit by a car. I grew up jaywalking on my way to school; as I sit here, I can attest that a vehicle has never hit me. Why is that?
Art: Steps, Balance, & Response.
A recap on the “Be a Better Artist” mini-series!
The artist's desire to communicate an idea and create better art is only as strong as their audience's desire to give meaning and definition to the piece. You need your audience, readers, listeners, clients, customers to create art.
The shine, polish, error-checking, tweaks, bells, and whistles are the "surface." It's our first impression. Something as important as first impressions often receives little attention. Why?
Apply Craft.
I feel if you build without knowing what you're trying to make, you're making it wrong. Craft is big, but not more important than any other step in making better art.
Organizing your idea, your process, and your talent into a meaningful way that produces something better is structure. The mistake that many of us make is, we start with "structure" and then go to the other steps.