How Good Do You Want To Be?
What kind of employee do you want to be? What kind of a manager? What kind of a leader? What kind of a boss? What kind of a sales person? What kind of a General Manager? What kind of an Executive? This is a serious question (or I guess several serious questions). Do you want to be “OK” at your job? Do you want to be good at it? Or do you want to be extraordinary? What is your ideal performance? Are you hitting it?
If you’re not hitting it, I’m not going to ask you why not. That conversation is for another time. I’m going to ask you what, precisely, would you be doing if you were performing at your ideal level? Would you be spending more time at something? Would you be finishing things (in a more timely manner)? Would you be talking to people you aren’t talking to? Would you be hustling harder? Would you be less complacent? Would you be getting better results? Would your boss be happier with you?
What Would It Take?
Write down the things that you would be delivering if you were hitting your ideal job performance. Be precise. Look at the list. What do you have to do differently than you are doing now to get those results? Would you be on the Internet as much as you are? Would you be taking hour lunches? Would you be wasting your time in hour long meetings that could get the same results in 15 minutes? Would you be going along to get along? Would you be delegating better? Leading more? Would you be more focused on what you are doing–all the time?
Do you work like you want to be the best? Or do you work like you want to be “OK?” The difference is a change in attitude. Get serious about what you’re doing. Don’t treat it like a job–9 to 5–it’ll be here tomorrow if I don’t get it done. Treat it like a dead-serious goal. You’ve GOT to get it done. You’ve GOT to increase your performance. You’ve GOT to keep it moving.
Try changing your attitude–even for a day and notice the difference. It is much more fun, interesting and fulfilling when you are ALL IN.
Jo McDermott 