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You Take The Check – You Take The Heat

Really.

It’s as simple as that.

I recently saw this tweet:

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And this is prime leadership nonsense 101. This directive, forcing someone to make mockups every week.

This behavior isn’t just affecting interns. This behavior affects full-blown teams. I’ve seen projects and startups die on the vine because someone (founder, director, leader of some sort) wants to see stuff rather than the ambiguity of putting skin in the game and maybe being wrong about a decision.

Stop making people “generate.”

Those mockups aren’t going anywhere, and that person isn’t solving any problems.

What is happening?

Burnout.

This “leader” is running someone out of the industry because they can’t handle the pressure.

You take the check; you deal with the ambiguity.

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Simple Action Before Investment

Would you ever buy a house before visiting it?

Who would?

When it comes to hobbies and activities, we do the same type of thing all the time.

We will tell ourselves that we need a new computer to write or new shoes to run when these things are difficult at all.

If you are reading this, between you and Google, you have the tools to do almost anything for free, now.

Before you invest in anything, do something small first.

Write two sentences a day before buying that website.

Walk around the gym before you get those new shoes

See if you can sit in on that workspace before you get that year-long subscription.

A simple, short-term investment can save us a lot of headaches.

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A Way to Tell

It’s on your mind.

There is a topic to discuss. Often, I see (and do) one of two things.

  • Hold my tongue. We decide to spare the person what we need to tell them, and we get frustrated.
  • Blurt it out. The point wraps around emotion, and it obstructs how the other person could understand.

Both actions leave both parties confused, and when combined, i.e. someone blurting something out then holding their tongue because they didn’t like the result, it can lead to disaster.

How do we get out of this devastating loop?

Here is an exercise.

Exercise:

  • Write down what you need to tell someone.
  • Close your eyes, imagine you are in the shoes of the other person. What is important to them?
  • Look back at your “tell:” how does it address something that is important to them?
  • Simplify. How can you make that tell as simple as possible, while addressing what’s important to them?
  • Rewrite what you plan on telling them with this information.

 

 

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