Loving
The only way to do great work is to love what you do – Steve Jobs. Loving what we do. That shows up – on oneself; in the outcomes too. Great works and extra-ordinary things get done outside the comfort zones. Loving helps one go there…
Performance
Outcomes
Reflecting on ‘what did I do today’ is important; In the long run, even more beneficial would be to reflect on ‘what did I achieve today’. It helps us learn faster. In due course it helps us focus on outcomes. When I start asking ‘what did I achieve today’ I move. And people around me
Doing
Nobody ever got muscles by watching me lift the weights – Arnold Schwarzenegger Doing – that’s what really matters. Knowing is one thing. Being aware is another. It’s about bringing-in awareness – that influences the actions. A Coach could help…
Overnight success
It takes 10 years to become an overnight success – Anonymous. In recent times we hear it takes 10,000 hours of deliberate practice to become ‘overnight’ success. @ 3 hours a day, roughly it converts to 10 years. 3 hours a day for my craft per se may not sound like too much – but
Doing
‘The shortest answer is doing’ – George Herbert. What prevents us from doing what we know we need to be doing? Reasons could be many – might need clarity, courage or whatever that it takes. How do we get to ‘doing’, acting-upon things that we keep contemplating for long… The shortest answer is doing.
Possibilities
Thinking about possibilities, than about constraints – former is expansive and the latter, limiting. It’s not that one needs to ignore constraints / challenges for practicing this. It’s thinking beyond them, not about them. Thinking and operating from a ‘possibilities’ perspective uncovers new arenas, potentialities, possibilities…, brings a whole new dimension to our lives, the
Aligning goals
Great leaders translate the organisational goals into team members’ personal goals. Inspire their team members to achieve them and make them feel what they do will benefit them and the organisation. Aligning individual, team and organisational goals – How does one get there? Exploration with a Coach could help.
1% Rule
1% Rule – Try to improve our key performance parameters 1% at a time! Learned yesterday from my Client. Be it reducing the wastage, decreasing re-processing, improving yield, improving margins, savings through negotiations – target 1% at a time! Quite a constructive approach!
Action
It’s not the thoughts that change our life, it’s the action – Anonymous. Action – that is decisive, thought-out, that bridges the gap between ‘where we are’ and ‘where we want to be’. Putting my thoughts in to action – Am I doing enough?
Lead measures
Lead Measures – those 2 or 3 things that trigger, and when executed leads to, my (our) success; things that I (we) can do something about, that influence the outcomes. Have I (we) identified my (our) lead measures? Am I / Are we tracking them? On a continuous basis? What am I / are we