We lash out at people, we judge, we confine, we define, we spend most of our days commenting and evaluating what others do. And the truth is, we do not know any better.
It is perhaps our insecurity that makes us feel so certain when it comes to others.
When plans fail, it might be because you have not carefully considered the initial situation.
Leaps happen, but it is much more common to have things develop slowly, thanks to incremental and non-linear progresses.
And so, a great way to start a plan is to take a careful look at where you start from. What resources you have available. What people around you want. What initial wins you can get to start momentum. What it is that you can realistically achieve without changing most of what is going on.
You might know where you want it all to end, but if you start there, that is little more than wishful thinking. Taking little steps is the surest way to achieve success.
Merry Christmas.
Assuming good intentions is truly the only way to build relationships and stay sane.
Some people might act out of malicious intents, trying to manipulate others in order to get ahead. Most though go about their lives in the exact same way as we do. They might have different ideas, points of view, preferences. But they are trying to do their best with the cards they have been dealt.
The alternative is to question everything and doubt everyone.
It is possible, and some choose that. I am not sure though they understand how much energy, attention, resources that is taking from them.
For most people, there is no real thing that is going to be better if you are going to work one more day, or check your email on Christmas day, or take a meeting while your family is gathered for dinner.
It’s just your fear of giving away control and of finding out that you are not that important.
Take a break, go on vacation, spend quality time with your family. I promise you, when you will go back, the same problems and challenges will be there waiting for you.
You might just have some more resources to tackle them.
You can’t have it all.
It’s a sentence we often hear and one that is incredibly difficult to live by.
Of course, when you think, act, are as if that were true, the single thing that’s left is to understand what is important. Remove the distractions and the infinite opportunities, get them out of the way.
You can’t have it all means you can still have some. The trick is ensuring the “some” is highly relevant.
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