Comments on: When great isn’t good enough

By: Mark McClure

Mark McClure — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:49:02 +0000

Hi Beth,

You marathon runners are always trying to bust through PRs!
Why not just practice ‘mastery’ and stay on the plateau for a while?

http://www.the5keystomastery.com/_The+5+Keys.html

By: Andrea

Andrea — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:31:24 +0000

Remember…within those “but” statements lie your next goals. Why do we learn to see them as negatives, instead of appreciating they provide opportunity for us to decide where we want to move our life next?

By: Dream Design Builder

Dream Design Builder — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:21:31 +0000

It’s classic behavior for an overachiever to focus on what you haven’t accomplished. In our office, we’re working on a no complaining rule. Some of us even have reminders around our wrists. Just like for you and what you find yourself doing (focusing on what you haven’t done), if we let ourselves, we’ll do the same and get caught up in how much better we could perform instead of celebrating how well we actually did and all the goals we’ve exceeded.

It’s all a matter of your mindset. So we’re choosing to try to focus ourselves on the positives. We do a lot of leadership related activities in our office because we feel like a staff that grows together overall makes for happier families at home, happier work environments and better teams to work with in the long run for our customers.

Attitude is everything! Keep up the great writing and thanks for the inspiration!

By: dragonfly

dragonfly — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:37:42 +0000

“Positive framing” has been my mantra for more than 20 years, trying to train staff to say “Remember” instead of “Don’t Forget” for example. When it rains, there must be a rainbow somewhere. So when I look at the things in my life for which I am grateful (instead of whining about the “BUTs”) I can say: I have cancer but I feel healthy, or I can say: I am healthy – but I have cancer – which is the way I choose to look at it. It seems to work for my professional life as well “BUT” it took me a long time to figure that out.

You have a talent, Beth, as well as good business and common sense (which I am learning is not so “common”) and you will start to see those “BUTs” as “ANDs” sooner rather than later.

By: Nichole Brown

Nichole Brown — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:53:48 +0000

I completely relate. Some months ago I started a blog called gratitude journal. All I had to do was post sething that I was grateful for each day. It lasted just a couple of weeks. I found it challenging to find something everyday. Bit I know there are things; I just don’t focus on them. I’m still working on changing my thinking and my outlook.

By: Global Patriot

Global Patriot — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:03:45 +0000

Your feelings are quite common Beth, and it’s due to the fact that when you’re good at what you do, two things happen: 1) Lots of people want to work with you, 2) You come to realize that there is a long list of other projects that you would like to pursue.

And there’s the rub, increased demand for your talent, and a huge desire to learn/explore new talents.

In the end it’s about priorities – balancing the work and exploration – realizing that we can’t do everything we dream of, but thankful that we can do so much of it!

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