Most problems arise between decision and execution. It’s when you start to reconsider based only on fear, redundant or irrelevant information, and shiny new opportunities.
To mitigate this, try three things.
Scale down.
Lower your targets.
Take a break.
Build a profitable business.
Hire one person less than what you had planned.
Stop working two hours earlier.
Do not reply to a thread unless you can really add some value.
Set sustainable and humane growth goals.
Tell your colleague to take the rest of the day off.
Focus on a niche, for real.
Reject the invite to an all-hands meeting.
Set some time a part in your calendar to develop relationships.
Keep your opinion for yourself and bring facts to the table.
Think about what is going on.
Look inside and write down how you are feeling.
Withdraw from a recruiting process that does not feel right.
All those things require a lot of courage, simply because almost nobody is doing them. That’s where you can start making your story different.
The world is full with people that define success in a single way.
Nothing bad with that, but the reminder is that success has different shapes, it comes at different times, and it is your responsibility (not theirs) to define how success looks like for you.
If you’re a marketer and can only talk to marketers, you are not going to get far.
If you’re a salesman and can only talk to sales folks, you are not going to get far.
If you’re a developer and can only talk to developers, you will still have job security, but you are not going to get far.
If you’re a strategist and can only talk to business people, you are not going to get far.
Build networks instead, inside and outside of your turf. Learn to speak different languages and to talk to different people. Be a mediator and an initiator.
That’s when you are going to get far.
Your goal is not to avoid pain, always be brave, stay clear of risks, shy away from difficult conversations, always be positive, forgo heavy responsibilities, never get angry, be perfect.
Your goal is to learn how to manage all that, how to continue on your journey despite all that, how to fall, and say sorry, and say I did not mean to, and get back on track.
Most things are out of your control. The way you adapt to most things should then be your only focus.
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