We learn from everything we do in life.
If we fail or make a mistake, we learn.
We’ve got some interns at work, and one of them asked me, what’s one of the biggest learnings I’ve had in my career. And then answer was, it was from a mistake I made.
Remember, Life is a Game.
You can’t undo what you’ve done.
But the next move can be better.
Back to one of my favourite books… Atomic Habits!
We’re nearly in the middle of the year. I’ve been looking at my habits for the year. For most of them, I’ve been consistent… like, going to the gym, drinking plenty of water and reading! (current book is Nudge).
Now, I feel weird if I miss the gym. It’s strange if I don’t pick up the book. These have well and truly become habits!
And it’s doing them repeatedly. The more we do. The more we repeat. The better we get.
Let’s be honest. We’ve all had hard times at some point in our life.
The question is, how did we learn from them?
I love the quote below – because it’s those tough times, that make us who we are. Don’t be afraid of the rough seas…
In life, we’ll be faced with many decisions.
Sometimes, they can be difficult ones. And then there can be easy ones. Either way, we should know in our gut… if it’s the right or wrong.
If it’s not a clear yes… (or at least 90%), then it’s a clear no.
As many of you reading this may know, I coach. I coach individuals in a professional setting (such as corporate or in an organisation) and sports (primarily football).
The one thing I always mention is, gain the experience when you’re young. Go learn and do. Those with experience are the ones who’ll be better in life…
I was on LinkedIn the other day and up came a video. Unfortunately didn’t catch the name of the person talking but it was a great video and I managed to scroll back and take a screen shot.
The big takeaway and which forms my thought for this Friday is…
I speak to so many young people who are looking for a job. And I encourage them to give examples of what they’ve done, what they’ve worked with and what they’ve achieved already.
Experience is critical.
Build your resume/cv with experience. Then the jobs will flow.
Remember… skills pay the bills.
Today’s thought is from an accomplished football manager. And it’s something I learnt recently with my Under 13’s football team.
You see, we’d won like 10 games in a row.. and won them well. Unfortunately, we got to a stage that the team walked onto the pitch thinking we’ve got this and we can win easily. However, that’s not always the case.
We lost. And heavily. They destroyed us.
But you know what. We learnt so much from that one defeat. We learnt about our positioning, we learnt that we shouldn’t take particular risks when the opposition have certain qualities. Every team is different however, we shouldn’t become complacent.
I suppose, this is a life lesson. When you make a mistake, or when something doesn’t work out… you learn so much! And that is what makes you better.
Carlo says it very well…
We are always faced with so many choices.
Do you be… or do you go and do?
It’s a continuous loop of being, learning and understanding before you can go and do, share and be understood.
The Yin & Yang of Creativity…
I’ll share more in an up and coming blog post, but last week I was in Atlanta at a Leadership meeting. And at the meeting the boss put up a slide, and at the bottom of the slide he shared the books he recommends.
Personally – I loved that. Because, I always want to read new books which are recommended by intelligent people.
Which got me thinking… about smart people I know.
There’s a fair few of them. And then I began to notice a trend. A pattern, amongst them. They read books was number one. But they had much more in common…
To become smart… here’s what I found;
When was the last time you wanted to do something, but were scared?
We all are. To be honest, there are many time we just don’t do it due to a worry it may go wrong, it won’t be the correct way, etc…
We then either leave it, get someone else to do it or just keep thinking…
If you want to do something, should you? There could be factors that are preventing you, but once you know those factors….
