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The importance of systems

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If you are late and cannot find your trousers in the mess you have made of your wardrobe, most likely you will be even more late.

If your pipeline dried up and you need a few more deals to close the year, most likely you will close the year short.

If you have many employees leaving because your culture is toxic, most likely a couple of new benefits will not reverse the trend.

The point is, when shit hits the fan, it’s late to make changes. Not “too late”, because you can still organize your wardrobe before the next appointment, or start building pipeline for the next year. But still late for whatever it is you want to achieve now.

That’s why systems are so important. They support you (and others around you) when things don’t go according to plans.

And things rarely go according to plans.

Important to whom

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When you want to do things that matter, things that change the status quo, things that make an impact, a great place to start is to own your own schedule.

Even if you are in an entry-level role, if you keep bouncing from one task that is important to your senior colleague to the next task that is important to the manager, you will never get to what is important to you.

And that, in the long term, matters more than anything else.

Combine

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It’s never been “work at the office” versus “work from home”.

It’s about giving people the possibility to choose where they are more productive and can deliver their better job. And most likely, for most people, that will end up being a healthy combination of the two.

Not everything is a war and the most beautiful stuff is often found in the middle.

Find their way

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It’s normal to want others to change.

Our kids should behave, our friend should quit smoking, our colleague should be more productive, our partner should be more like yourself, our boss should be more available.

But for as noble as our intentions might be, the reality is that others don’t see the world through our eyes.

The only thing we can hope for is to help them find their way.

Silence is not weakness

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A problem needs a solution.

A hunch needs clarity.

An idea needs execution.

An opinion needs an audience.

The point is, you can’t treat them all in the same way. If you share a hunch with an audience, most people will find it pointless and fail to understand. If you try to execute on a opinion, most of the times you’ll end up going alone. If you give your audience a problem, they will look at you for a solution.

If you are unsure what you are about to express, it’s ok to take some time to think it through.

Silence is not a sign of weakness.