#146: Be clear for your success
John Lennon sang that life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans. Yes, life does have a habit of not unfolding according to your schedule and dictates. Especially at work.
On top of that, as you change (which you will) your idea of what success means to you changes as well. All this makes ongoing success tricky, unless you are happy to change, unless you are prepared to adjust, unless you are willing to improve.
Actually, the tricky bit is not your willingness to improve. The tricky bit is understanding what it means to improve. Many of us have been taught that ‘learning to improve’ simply means getting better at what we are already doing.
But in an ever-changing world, that is not enough. Instead, you should learn to get better at clarifying what you mean by life-success and then get better at staying purposeful in terms of your clarity.
I’m james@nonsenseatwork.com
Copyright: 2007 James Henry McIntosh
James can be heard on Public Radio, 88.9 FM WCVE, Richmond VA.
Monday - 7:19am and Saturday - 8:19am
On top of that, as you change (which you will) your idea of what success means to you changes as well. All this makes ongoing success tricky, unless you are happy to change, unless you are prepared to adjust, unless you are willing to improve.
Actually, the tricky bit is not your willingness to improve. The tricky bit is understanding what it means to improve. Many of us have been taught that ‘learning to improve’ simply means getting better at what we are already doing.
But in an ever-changing world, that is not enough. Instead, you should learn to get better at clarifying what you mean by life-success and then get better at staying purposeful in terms of your clarity.
I’m james@nonsenseatwork.com
Copyright: 2007 James Henry McIntosh
James can be heard on Public Radio, 88.9 FM WCVE, Richmond VA.
Monday - 7:19am and Saturday - 8:19am
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