Momentum
Today, this email comes from fellow daily emailer Tanya Moushi from Daily Inspire. It has such a resonance that I could not not share it with you.(Do go subscribe to her amazing dailies) Daily Inspire I don’t eat the frog.I do what builds momentum.Small wins –> Big snowballs. Tanya Moushi
The thing about purpose
While i do think that not every business needs a purpose, i do think that everyone has a purpose. 🙂 And quoting Blair Enns: “We all have ONE purpose: to elevate ourselves through elevating others”. Wouldn’t that make it easier?
Trade-offs
You can choose to do one thing above other things. If you try to do many things at once, odds of not completing all of them rise. You need to choose. To decide. To trade one thing for another. To pick one as a priority. And —usually— a priority is what stands out. However… You can’t live in priorities. Or in a constant state of emergency. Because if you live in a constant state of emergency, it’s not an emergency anymore. It’s chaos. Your way out: Be ruthless with what you say no to. It…
The problem with purpose
The problem with purpose is that most business owners think every business needs one. And it’s not the case. Thinking that every business needs to have a purpose takes lots of people to “craft” one in hopes (aka aspiration) of being relevant. So that it’ll magically create loyalty. That it’ll make the biz profitable. It then becomes something like any other PR stunt such as being ESG, SDG, B-Corp certified and so on. Looks good on paper, but it doesn’t really make it through. It looks like a…
Here to convince you
When you read that, did you feel a strong impulse to say “Hell, no!”? And you’re right. That’s a natural response to “being convinced”. Which brings us to… are you using this in your comms and messaging? That you’re supposed to convince someone of [doing X]? Here’s the thing Often times, convincing tends to make you ready to counter arguments. To wait in silence for your time to speak, without being present. Instead of listening to understand and see if / how you could help. Helping your…
Point of no return
Going into things and thinking there’s a point of no return, where you just need to keep going. That’s another definition for sunk costs. When you feel you’ve already invested so much it’s not worth quitting so you hope for the best, despite all the red flags. When you know you’re desperate, but think it doesn’t show. When you think you need to prove something. When you think that prospect will be turned off by you reaching out. Here’s the thing You can return. Regroup. Retreat. Is it hard?…
Fairness
“If someone is working more, they deserve more. That’s fair” [Overheard in a conversation.] That’s not necessarily true. It generalizes that more effort (aka work) is tied to more rewards. If that were the case, interns should be millionaires by now. A book that took 11 years to get written, should be the most awarded. Or… It could have nothing to do with it. Like this song, by Beastie Boys “It was summer 1986. We wrote it in about five minutes. We were in the Palladium with Rick Rubin,…
Everything’s been said
Jain. [German expression for Yes and No at the same time (Ja+Nein)] If you have this feeling that when you’re writing (daily), you’ll get to a point where you’ve said it all. You might be right. Or not. Everything’s been already said (mostly) by someone else. However, you have a perspective very few people (if any) have. Your own experiences. Your own fails. Your wins. And your burns. Being original is an spectrum. Like life, it’s not all black and white. So, go ahead and repeat. Plus, if you…
The hard choice
If you’re jumping from idea to idea, making all of them a priority as they show up, they’re not a priority. In fact, they might feel as emergencies, taking over each other constantly. And that’s not emergency anymore. It’s simply chaos. Here’s the thing Most of this happens because making the hard choice is… well, hard. As creatives, visionaries, or innovative people, we LOVE the new shiny object. But unless we get ruthless with ourselves and make the hard choice to pick and stick to the…
That one riff
“Super simple and basic, but it’s effective!Super busy stuff or a lot of unnecessary notes? NO!” That’s Kirk Hammett talking about one of Metallica’s most popular (and loved) songs. What would you say about your approach to work with clients? Are you looking for simple and basic? Are they looking for simple and basic? Or is it all about busy and ornamental?