“You must be a secretary,” My doctor said as he flipped through my indexed and cross-referenced binder of medical tests.
“No, I just wanted you focused on my issue, instead of having to sift through a disarray of papers and lab work.”
Being strategic often means diving into the details and nuances of a project.
God is in the details.
And the details are in the weeds.
Another HT to Seth Godin for getting me to ponder “caring” and “trying” in general.
Isn’t it nice when technical support stays on the phone with you longer than they have to? Just to be sure you’ve 100% “got it.”
My husband and I work together, and often when I’m unsure or apprehensive about something I’m working on, he will silently take a seat next to me, often with his arm on my back.
It’s just so comforting to have someone there.
The book Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin is life changing. After all, that’s all we can ever hope for – to be better than we were yesterday.
This week I struggled for hours with a nonsensical technology problem (I couldn’t get Microsoft Word to download onto my new PC!).
Now that I’ve fixed the problem, I can leverage my newly acquired information throughout my small business, so nobody else wastes their time on the same issue.
What if we looked at all problems as a way to bypass a future struggle? A way to become “better than before?”
Stated in this positive way, problems, mistakes and issues would likely become a more welcome part of our days.
In the beginning, “doing things the right way” is the only way.
In the middle, the slog of putting one foot in front of the other, day after day, feels like a waste of time. This is the point that short cuts become tempting and people’s determination peters out.
In the end, plodding along in the right direction for years usually pays off big time.
Hint: This applies to practically everything.
Another hint: You’ve reached “the big payoff” when you hear yourself saying, “I have no idea how I got this lucky.”
