My Dad taught me a very simple yet very important lesson early on in life. What he said is that "If you don't find time to do something right the first time, when will you find time to do it right the second?" and in that moment I remember changing my perspective on life itself.
He did pose a very good question and in life and in business I find that this is still a problem with how most companies treat their employee's, customers, and business partners; and also with us be it that paper that the teacher gave you two weeks to write and you waited until the day before or that you haven't been to the gym since January or just can't find the right reason to quite smoking.
So what are some of the main reason why we do this or even better put off our own personal growth for something that maybe in the moment?
Growth is INTENTIONAL it does not just happen like our life. Every year we get a little older and because of that as we are kids you get a bit taller, more defined in your personal features etc, and most of us think that life will happen this same way. I have been at this job for 5 years I am the natural progression for my company to promote into this next position. FALSE! In order to do this you must ask yourself what is my growth plan. I don't mean what have you accomplished up to this point (awards, results etc) what is your plan to make sure that you are now without a doubt the best person for the job.
Here are 8 Misconceptions about growth.
1. I assume that I will automatically grow
2. I don't have the knowledge- if you are clear with what you want then the world is clear, most of us learn by the school of hard knocks meaning we have to fail to move forward. Why can't we just choose where we want to get better and educate ourselves in that area?
3. Timing- It's not the right time (The law of diminishing intent says that the longer you wait to do something the less likely you are to do it.)
4. I am afraid of making a mistake- Robert M Schuler was famous for posing the question "what would you attempt to do if you knew you couldn't fail" I am here to tell you that the price of admission to grow is that you or someone around you will have to fail. You should learn to welcome mistakes because it means that you have the opportunity to learn.
5. The Perfectionist- You have to find the best possible way to do something before you start it. The problem with that is just like being on a dark road until you start to move forward you can never see the best possible path to take. So at the end of the day just start.
6. Inspiration or lack there of-I just don't feel like doing it right now, here to tell you that motivation is not going to strike you like lightening and the idea of motivation is a trap. How so? Well if you want love and happiness you don't get that until you try a relationship it doesn't just happen to you.
7. Comparison- Others are better at it than I am. You have to have three types of people in your life for you to grow, you have to have someone older and more successful than you so you can learn, an equal for you to bounce ideas off of, and someone under you so you can have someone to teach and gain energy from.
8. Expectations- I thought it was going to be easier than that. I don't know one successful person who thinks that growth comes quickly or that getting to the top was easy. It was not luck there is no such thing only people who are prepared to take advantage of the opportunities that are presented in front of them will create their own luck. The equation is easy Preparation+Attitude+Opportunity+ACTION=luck.
Take the time to do your dishes every day instead of waiting until Saturday afternoon and it will only take you 3-5 min a day vs 45 min on a day where the last thing you want to do is wash dirty crusted things off your plates!
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