Foot In Mouth
I often don’t know where to start. So I start. When I don’t know what to say, I stop. Mixing those up gets me into trouble.
Tag: strengths and weaknesses
#0759 Happy Accidents
When you search for an answer with open eyes,you’ll often discover the unexpected. When you look with a closed mind,you usually find exactly what you were expecting.
#0758 Get It
People won’t always get you. Not because they don’t care. Their perspective differs.Their context is incomplete. The same idea can look very different from another seat.
#0757 The Last Minute
The last minute is interesting. Suddenly there is focus. The distractions disappear.The work gets done. If only it didn’t take a deadline to create it.
#0756 Matters Not
There’s a lot happening. Never-ending to-do lists.Endless opportunities.Deadlines around every corner. None of it matters. Unless it does.
#0755 Relationships
Mates.Colleagues.Customers. Different labels. Trust.Respect.Banter. The thread holding them together is simpler. You care enough to go the extra mile.
#0754 Deadlines
There is a fine line between a deadline and a hurried result. Missed detail.Unnecessary complexity.Lack of clarity. Rushing rarely saves as much time as it costs.
#0753 The Weight of Regret
Trying and failing is not the end of the world. Most things can be fixed.Rebuilt.Attempted again. Few things are finite, yet we fear the attempt. Regret is heavier.
#0752 Stand Back
Things appear to move quickly. Stand back and look again. Markets evolve.People change.Businesses adapt. Most of what feels urgent todaywon’t matter for very long.
#0750 Calling It
There comes a time when you should call it. You hang on for dear life.Thats more about you than the opportunity.
#0749 What You Focus On Matters
When you focus on what matters, everything else disappears. The same happens when you focus on what doesn’t.
#0748 Once Relevant
Early success does not guarantee future success. The world moves.Markets evolve.People change. What once made you relevantcan quietly make you invisible.
#0746 Evolutionary Gap
You have evolved. Your public narrative hasn’t. That gap is keeping you invisible.
#0744 Delay Tax
Value and cost are different equations. Most people focus on immediate cost.Fewer consider opportunity cost. Almost nobody calculates delayed cost.Until it arrives.
#0742 Hopeful Future
Your mind races ahead.Full of hope. You neglect what matters today to make it true.
#0737 Good Chat
You make a point.I counter it. Neither of us changed our mind. We call it a good discussion.
#0736 Around It Goes
You can see it in their eyes. They are not listening.Waiting for their turn to speak. Around the table it goes. Everyone waiting.No one listening.
#0732 False Sense of Security
I’ll call you in three months. Two years later, they’re still in your pipeline.Not active. Just hopeful. False hope feels productive.
#0731 Move On
They didn’t get it.You move on. Try again with someone new.They don’t get it either. So you move on.
#0730 To The Rescue
You are the rescuer. You step in and solve it too early. It feels good.They appreciate it. The ownership is yours.They don’t move.