How many times have we heard that if we just believe in ourselves, we can do anything we put our minds to? Too many. It’s the bread and butter of many an inspirational song and self help guru. Right?
What they don’t say is that before you jump into anything, you need to do your homework and understand what it is you’re jumping into.
Just going all whacked out, pedal to the metal is great but if you’re not prepared, it just means you’ll have a serious head of steam when you go flying off that short pier we always hear about.
Trust me on this one. I fell for a relative’s constant set of assurances that everything will be fine. What I didn’t know when I took the bait to jump into the real estate market in 2004 (Yea, yea… I know. Don’t say it.) was that everything will be fine for her. All the while we “share” commissions while she tutored me.
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Did you know that what you’ve accomplished or not accomplished in the past does not affect your future?
It doesn’t, really.
Sure, you may have just come up with a grand idea for your company to cut some costs. But once they implement it, then what? If you do nothing else, that’s the last time they’ll think of you. It will be the last time you get a bonus.
No, even though you have that successful image, it won’t help you next month. You can’t rest on your laurels. You need to keep making strides towards an end goal. And more than likely, if you have the mindset to ponder changing how your company works, you’ve probably already have a plan.
But sometimes we sit on our butts and lament our failures from our past. And then we focus on them and somehow, make the decision to support those failures and do nothing to change them.
What do I mean?
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