We spend more time being worried about unlikely events than we spend preparing for concrete possibilities. And we spend more time being busy with things that matter little than we spend actually doing work that is important.
Worry and busy are two brothers. And they are both sons of resistance.
Be aware they are not getting any closer to achieving your goals.
The mere presence of a meeting on a calendar does not imply that the meeting has happened. Even if it started at the right time, with the right people, each one of them sharing some words, cheering, laughing, nodding, moving on. That still does not mean that the meeting has happened.
Meetings should inspire action, and yet how often does that happen in reality? How many meetings do you need before you actually get something done?
Consider spending half of the time you have scheduled for meetings tomorrow in a conversation instead. Turn to someone who could help you get unstuck, ask thoughtful questions, relax and listen. Then spend the remaining time applying what you learned to what you are doing.
Get going.
Google’s mission used to be “to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful”.
It still is.
Yet, that’s no longer what Google does.
Google is now in the business of deciding what information is and what it is not, it shapes the way people consume the internet and its content, with a clear bias towards information that is either owned by Google or that companies pay Google to promote.
So much for accessibility and usefulness.
Of course, companies change as they grow. But should we trust Google to offer us the type of information we need, at the right time? Probably not.
That’s not what they do anymore.
Business decisions can be good marketing too. A way to differentiate from your competitors, express your values and tell everybody what you stand for.
Good Eggs got this right. And for once, a page stating corporate values does not sound like shallow promises.
Sheer logic and numbers struggle to convince people that they need to act.
When is the last time you have done something because of a wonderfully illustrated argument? When were you last impressed by the architecture and technology beyond a new piece of software? When have you last felt you belong in a percentage?
If you are anything like me and most of us, you are rarely moved by logic, rationality and utilitarianism. What instead changes our minds and makes us feel as if we want to do something right now are stories and feelings.
While the majority understands this, very few practice it. And this is the greatest failure in businesses nowadays.
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