Tag: patience

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Ambiguity and Patience (Pick this one – It’s Hard, But Worth It)

Post author By jrlsage
Post date July 20, 2018

Resisting “shiny” things when the next step is ambiguous takes courage.

Remember, patience is a virtue.

Unfortunately, patience can look a lot like fear, and if you aren’t careful, it can evolve into it.

So, here is a quick heuristic:

Patience is surrounded by fact-finding. Fear is driven by “perception.”

An example:

A tech team has shut down production and is looking to find what the next step is.

A patient team is spending that time going over old work, trying to come up with goals that support the business. (“Let’s spend some time sharpening our understanding – pull up old research and see what insights they provide”)
A fear -driven one is looking to be busy for the sake of other teams (“Whoa what about that thing people are asking for, we better build it”)

One is spending the time to fact find; the other wants to fit in.

The work is learning how to manage the inner fears of your team so that they can focus on value.

That’s how you get here:

I marvel at what @netflix hasn’t built:

-day-and-date, secure distribution experience
-live
-acquired premium sporting rights
-a social API (what are my friends watching? Load up my queue with friend’s picks)
-co-viewing
-shorter form content

That’s called discipline

— Norgard (@BrianNorgard) July 18, 2018

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Tags fear, patience

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Ignition + Vision = If You Complete the Mission – Lessons from July 2016

Post author By jrlsage
Post date July 31, 2016

Starting small delivers big value

This month began as a mystery to me. “Starting small” is a general term. I mean different things to different people. This month, I engaged with that generality and got some interesting conclusions.

First, however, is what I knew coming into the month:

Thinking “small” laid the groundwork for thinking big. (Mission-Task-Action framework)
“Starting Small” was a tool to combat overwhelm. (Starting Small Action Pack)

When preparing those ideas, I realized there were several aspects of “small” that which we have to deal. Things, like the small chunks of time that happen between meetings, the little mistakes that we ignore, and a little context all affect us.

These things change us in ways we don’t imagine, both for better and for worse. Taking the time to think about and prepare for these events don’t just make us feel better, but make us smarter for doing so.

We aren’t alone, nor are we robots. We get in our way. We don’t know everything.

But, through working on what we do, and taking things one day at a time, we can do great things. All it takes is patience, and the ability to breathe.

From there, much is possible. Two minutes is enough to start.

Books Read

Newsletter Links

July 03: Starting Small
July 10: The First Step – How Two Minutes Can Change Your Life
July 17: It’s Thick – Overwhelm and the Tricks on the Ego
July 24: The Social Trick – Temptations of the “Launch”
July 31: Cashing Out – Why Experimentation is Cheaper than you Think

Tags 2016, breathe, decisions, end, july, outro, patience, starting small, work

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Conversation, Energy, and Patience

Post author By jrlsage
Post date May 5, 2016

Wait it out.

There is an urge to jump on the first thing someone says that you don’t agree with.

Don’t.

It is a form of control.

You start a power struggle where someone either fights back or gets discouraged.

Either way, you transform the energy from the conversation because you’ve switched the terms. Instead of flow and understanding, it’s war.

When it happens to you, there is an urge to go back on offense to get it back or defensively protect yourself.

Breathe.

Let the conversation sit there for a second. Just listen.

Your patience will guide will the conversation back to flow.

You might even learn something.

Tags breathe, conversation, energy, over communicating, overcommunicating, patience