August 23, 2024 - By: Brandon Jenkins

Author, Brandon Jenkins writes about an idea coming alive. Image shows a smartwatch showing the wearer has met a goal.

This idea is coming alive for me lately.

The concept of “making it” or “arriving.”

๐—œ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป’๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—œ’๐—น๐—น:

  • Stop challenging myself
  • Believe I don’t have any more to learn
  • Think that I have nothing more to accomplish

๐—ช๐—ต๐˜†? ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—œ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ:

  • We can always learn and develop our abilities.
  • Our teams can always innovate new ways to execute.

๐—ง๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ผ, ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ…

  • Transparency
  • Not needing rewards for motivation
  • Freedom to try crazy things (with guardrails)

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜.

What if the leader doesn’t embrace these ideas?

The rest of the team has a major uphill battle.

It’s a lifelong practice

The sooner you embrace the journey, the better.

What do you think?

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