I don’t need help …

“No matter our talent, we all know in the midnight of our souls that 90 percent of what we do is less than our best.”
― Robert McKee

Are you doing your best?  Are you the best performer at work, at home or wherever you are?  Maybe you don’t have to be the best.  Maybe you can get by with what you are doing now.  Maybe you don’t have to expend the energy to do better or be better.  However if you do want to be better, how are you going to do that?

The vast majority of people have a lot of untapped talent they could use to do things better, to live life better, or to contribute more, or to be a better person and they don’t do anything about it.   “I don’t need help …”  might be their inner mantra.  I don’t need any help to be better.  I can do it myself.

Most top performers realize that reaching their peak performance does require some outside assistance.   It is about breathing air into an aspect of life that has been left untapped that can result in a new level of personal or professional performance.  Maybe it is eliminating some hidden fear that keeps the person from realizing their full potential.

Have you asked the questions, “What would it be like if I could be just 4% better than I am now?”  What would that be like?  What would that mean to future opportunities or more personal happiness?   The default future is yours if you want it that way.  The created future, the exciting, bold rewarding future is yours as well.  Which path do you want to travel?

 

uncommon teamwork

“Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.”
― Andrew Carnegie

Uncommon.  It’s uncommon to honor real teamwork.  It is common to select individuals from a team and point out their achievements.   This week something uncommon will happen.   The UConn women’s basketball team may achieve a remarkable feat – 100 consecutive wins.   It hasn’t happened before.  It’s uncommon.

In an age that celebrates individual accomplishments, the “I” it is uncommon to see how a real team can perform and accomplish something really uncommon.

What does it take?  It takes leadership to get there.  It takes commitment from each team member to work for the benefit of the team.

Now, because it is a women’s team that is achieving this remarkable goal it will not likely be a major news story.  If it were a men’s team it would be written about how great the coach is and how great the team is and how great each team member is.   Why is that?  Excellence is excellence no matter if it is a male team or a female team that is achieving extraordinary results.

Teams win … individuals contribute and it takes great leadership to create the conditions and culture for teamwork to thrive.  This year the UConn women’s basketball team has the chance to realize 100 wins an amazing feat.

When you look at what you do, are you focused on team wins or individual performance?  Who are the people working as teams?   Who are the individual high performers?  What would you like to see more of teamwork or individual performance?

Remember teams win … is it uncommon?

stunning moment

“Rarely do we realize that if we simply take time to marvel at life’s gifts and give thanks for them, we activate stunning opportunities to increase their influence in our lives.”         Angeles Arrien

 

What have you seen lately that has been stunning?

• A stunning sunrise
• A stunning sunset
• A place of stunning beauty
• A stunning piece of work
• A stunning day

When did you have your last stunning moment?

What would it take to experience a stunning event?

Create one.  Create something stunning today.   Make something happen that will be powerful for you or someone else.  You can do it.