Good Morning,
Today I had the chance to watch Todd Arwood (www.toddarwood.com) give a wonderful presentation on Mojo, and what we need to do to get and keep our Mojo, and avoid those who would steal it from us.
As the event was getting ready to start, I was having a chat with my boss, Barb. In the course of the conversation, something profound came out and as we both were thinking about it, we both said, this is a message of the day, at the same time.
It goes like this:
1. When I hold myself to higher standards than those around me, that is, when others see me doing something well, and I still feel that I can do better, that I am being tough on myself, but often in a healthy way. That is, I know what is expected of me, and I am not only doing it, I am doing it well.
2. When I hold myself to lower standards than those around me, that is, when others see me doing something poorly, and I still feel that I am doing a great job, than I am clearly not understanding what is needed, almost being delusional of what my goals are.
In the first, I have the opportunity to settle for less than what I feel is my very best, and know that my work is respected.
In the second, I have the opportunity to fail, my work is not respected, and it is a sign that I am out of touch with what my goals truly are.
The interesting point in this, is we don’t always know if we are working in the realms of the first or the second. That is, we think we know what is expected of us, but for some reason it just eluded us and we kept on going.
At those times, we need to look around, to ask, to find out where we are.
If we don’t do some sort of touch base every now and then, we could find ourselves working on a project off by ourselves because we took a wrong turn somewhere and never checked to see where we ended up. Kind of like Bugs Bunny and his wrong turn in Albuquerque.
This will be a challenge for some folks who even when the reality of a situation hits them, they still can’t get it.
The good news is that when we stop and look at our goals, and then look at what we have been doing, and look at others who have achieved what we are looking for, we have the potential to get a clearer view of what is expected of us. And then we can raise our standards on our own work, knowing that it is, and not making a wrong turn at Albuquerque.
Enjoy!
Sanford Berenberg
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