Be More, Do More
2021 is halfway spent! If you are like most people who want to grow in their business, career and life; you’ve probably taken some time out or plan to do so to access the state of your goals this far.
Where are you now relative to where you planned to be at the beginning of the year? What if any needs tweaking so as to realize your milestones come end of the year? These questions reveals the reality of what’s done so far, and how to advance.
For many, the past 6 months may feel like time flew away with only a fraction of to do now in done status. Demanding we focus and stay the course in order to accelerate our progress between now and December.
Regardless of your progress, only you can determine what success truly means. For some, learning what impeded the expected is just as important as achieve the goals. For if you know the cause of the drag and have the right data, unraveling the hurdle becomes a lesson whose insight may help us gain more insights about ourselves in greater value.
You’ve heard that knowing thyself is one of the key factors in determining real joy and success. Because if you know how you’re wired, and respond to certain stimulus or lack thereof, then you can align yourself accordingly.
In his book, What Got You Here Will Not Get You There, Coach Marshal Goldsmith shares that some behaviors costs more than others. In essence the way you show up or self delude could be your biggest liability.
To help you accelerate your progress and self-correct, here are a few things that you may want to espouse.
Peer-To-Peer Accountability
Do you have a colleague you trust in your field of work or among your network? If yes, ask this person to hold you accountable and offer to do the same for them in return. The art of getting things done lies in knowing that you, not another set out to do X activity and by not doing that task you are letting your friend down. Generally, we don’t like to let our friends down, hence the drive to accomplish what we shared we would.
Remember to ask this person for help and insights because they’re better at seeing your blind spots than you are. Here is a great expose on how peer-to-peer can be a game change to your productivity .
Improve To Better By 1% Each Day
1% may seem like a negligible delta relative to your goals. However, but it’s quite substantial when you consider that it’s the little foxes that spoil the vine. By reframing your approaches and shifting perspectives, you cue your brain for execution.
Ensued with consistent follow up you begin to realize change for the better. E.g. Instead of asking yourself how could I become better at giving feedback, ask yourself, how could I become better at being more specific in giving feedback.
This approach forces you to be more intentional in your feedback giving thereby making the experience more fruitful both for you and the person receiving the feedback. Listen to Coach Goldsmith share more here.
Have A Stop Doing List
It is said that the enemy of great is not bad but good. Good ideas, good people and good intentions often lead us away from our main focus. Therefore, to ensure you keep check of your time, and focus on what matter most to you, I suggest you write your stop to do list and stick to it at all cost.
This will generate you extra time and energy to devote yourself to core activities that advance you forward. Jim Collins, the author of good to great, and a respected management guru advises leaders to have a stop to do list if they are to engage in making their life a creative work of art.
In Closing
To get your goals done requires will, determination, persistent and discipline—something that we humans are not so great at for we tend to fall short after the starting point. Accountability ensures consistency, learning and support that you receive and give your peer.
As you grow in this relationship you learn to help each other deal with blind spot, and with a clear stop to do list, you learn to curve out time to focus your creative genius and energies to what really matter to you—your dreams, boosting your levels of productivity to better and better!
What are you currently working on? Do you have an accountability partner or do you need one right now?
Love the idea of improving oneself by being better 1% each day. It doesn’t have to be big but little by little will do the work! Thanks for the encouragement!