The surest and fastest way to get unstuck is to bring in a different perspective.
A therapist, a coach, a colleague from another team, a mentor who’s been there before, your partner, a friend, a business advisor, a marketing agency, a freelancer.
Make that connection when times are tough.
Actually, make the connection when times are good so that you can leverage it when times are tough.
You can have some skills, or you can ask what skills are needed.
You can have some needs that you aim to cover with one of your demotivated employees, so that their motivation will be high again. Or you can ask them how they want to be motivated and build a playground for them to go do what they love.
You can have a wonderful idea, or you can see where there is a gap in the market and try to cover that.
You can force people into complying into what you believe will work, or you can ask them what’s their way and ensure they can pursue that.
At the end of day, it’s once again about keys and locks.
Are you a maker of keys or a seeker of locks?
A practical way to rank opinions.
Aim for 1 or 2 when you have to make decisions that matter. Use 3 to broaden your perspective, but carefully understand how to filter through it. Entertain yourself with a controlled amount of 4. Run when people start arguing based on 5.
It would be fair to rank this post a 3.
Feedback is not a command. Yet many, both givers and receivers, take it as such.
Feedback is a way to open the mind to a different approach, to something that had not been considered, to a new interpretation. Then, it is up to the receiver to filter it with their knowledge, expertise, purpose, to decide what to keep and what to let go.
Feedback is no judgement and no decision.
At any point, the receiver has the power to decide on the actions that will be taken. They are responsible for the final results.
When a plan hits a wall, two questions can help.
What do I know today that I did not know when I came up with the plan? This will tell you if the conditions have changed, if the stop came because of that, if there are shifting forces that you underestimated. It tells you whether the general direction is still valid.
To what degree do I still believe in the original plan? This will tell you if you are still committed or if it’s time for a change instead. It help you stay clear from easy, short-term fixes, and it tells you whether it’s worth it to try once more.
Rest assured, most plans hit a wall at some point.
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