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Boxes

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Most companies want employees to not work in silos. And then, they organise their work in little, hierarchical boxes.

They split the workforce in departments. They assign managers and middle-managers to each of them. They give them goals and agendas and salaries and development plans that are unique. And they get mad because Product doesn’t talk to Sales, because what Marketing promotes is not the story that Customer Success tells, because the Leadership Team meetings are just a battle for budget and recognition, and because their Customers are sick of waiting for the promised improvement.

So, the opportunity for you is to become the person who looks at problems horizontally. To learn about others priorities and spot lateral developments. To become the glue that delivers and the light that shines on colleagues.

If you’ll just stick to your box, you’ll be part of the problem, not the indispensable solution.

Inescapable

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You might be able to achieve something average by putting in some average work. But to achieve something extraordinary you need to step out of your comfort zone. And that means you will feel discomfort, uneasiness, resistance, friction, awkwardness, and a whole lot of other not so pleasant things.

“Easy” and “talent” are stories sold by those who have already made it – to explain the unexplainable – or by those who have watched others make it – to keep their own chances up.

If you are in the process instead, you know that the simple rule is true and inescapable.

Screech

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Complaining is a signal that something is bothering us, that something is not working, that something is not as it should be.

And complaining about that one thing should be an activity that is limited in time.

When it’s protracted, it becomes inertia at best, negligence and misconduct in the worst cases.

Taken to the extreme, complaining will become part of a community’s culture. So much so that the object does not matter anymore, and one complains just as a way to fit in and distract.

That’s the danger with many teams.

Not selfish

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You owe it to others to spend time with yourself.

You owe it to those you love and to those you engage with. It’s not a selfish act. It helps you to feel confident and comfortable with whoever you are, which is something you ask others to do all the time. In relationships, at work, in casual conversations and encounters.

It starts with you.

Very small step

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When something seems to big to tackle, it’s ok to start with just a small part of it.

You don’t have to start with being a content creator, you can start with one post.

You don’t have to get straight into that difficult conversation, you can start by meeting on a different topic.

You don’t have to share the bad news with your dear ones, you can start by spending time with them.

Many hide instead, but there is immense value in starting with a very small step.