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Bal’s Friday Thought…

As many of us are breaking up for Christmas Holidays… it’s a time to also reflect on what we’ve achieved over the past 12 months.

2020 has been a year like no other! Many businesses have had to shut, many have had to adapt and many have had the opportunity to carry on.

We all have goals… at the start, I’m sure many wrote… I would like to….. or I could achieve….. but how many of those things did you actually accomplish?

I’ll be taking a few moments to write what I actually did. And I’ll happily share that with you…. It’ important to write down and acknowledge what you did. Sometimes, even you may be surprised!

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Bal's Friday Thought

Bal’s Friday Thought…

No additional comment required I think. You’re not a tree. Get up and move…

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Bal's Friday Thought

Bal’s Friday Thought…

Sometimes, we feel we need everything now. Or as soon as possible. And when we don’t get it… we start to ask a series of questions – a bit of 5 Why Analysis….

When all we sometimes need is a little patience.

We need to reflect. Understand. And progress. Keep moving. Don’t stop…. Keep pushing and delivering. And if you’re good enough… (taken from Gary V.)

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Bal's Friday Thought

Bal’s Friday Thought…

There’s a few things that Covid-19 Lockdown has taught us… in fact, it’s accelerated some things that were coming.

The evolution of the employee.

How we work.

And we’ve been able to evolve due to technology but also a shift in the mindset. A shift in thinking that is allowing us to add more value and be more productive.

Two examples I’d like to share,

  1. I recall seeing in a signature of a senior leader, something along the lines of….. “I’m sending this email because this time works for me, if this is out of your working hours, I do not expect a reply”.
  2. I recently undertook some learning – via LinkedIn Learning app. I did it in the evening. In my own time. And it was in short bursts.. about 10 videos each of which were 3 to 4mins long. It taught me a lot. In fact, made me do some ‘homework’ and really make me think.

That’s what it is about, right? – Learn, Think… Apply.

Would be great to hear example you may have, in terms of how you’re becoming an employee of the future…

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Bal's Friday Thought

Bal’s Friday Thought…

Sometimes I can be impatient. I want to work on things quickly. Figure out if they work or not. Lean startup methodology type of thinking.

And today’s Friday thought comes to you with some humour…

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Bal's Friday Thought

Bal’s Friday Thought…

Sometimes, you just gotta get up and do it! We can easily think of excuses to delay…. do it tomorrow…. and you never end up doing it!

As you know, I love the content that Gary Vee puts out… and the below is my Friday Thought. Don’t delay, Do it Today!

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Bal's Friday Thought

Bal’s Friday Thought…

It’s all about results, right? – a lot of people talk…. we can do this, we can do that… etc… but the important thing is being able to show it.

Be able to prove it… rather than promise.

Under promise – over deliver.

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Bal's Friday Thought

Bal’s Friday Thought…

I remember a key thing that My friend James Caan (former Dragons Den) shared with me…. he said, ‘Bal… don’t always follow the crowd’.

It’s true. Should forge your own path. Make a difference. Do something new. Show the world a new way of working… just like how Tesla became the most valuable car maker in the world. By not following the crowd and the norm of the combustion engine.

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Bal's Friday Thought

Bal’s Friday Thought…

There’s so many people I knew, when I was younger, who worked 9 til 5, 5 days a week… for all of their. Until retirement.

I always, from a young age… thought that was crazy! Imagine 40+ years… doing the same thing… maybe a little variety… for such a long time! Well… it works for some! Some like that life. And maybe, they are happy with it, and that’s absolutely fine!

For me however… I like to keep learning. Keep pushing…. Keep editing,

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Bal’s Friday Thought…

How crazy are you? Ok… let me re-phrase, how much self-believe do you have? – I’ll be honest, there’s times when I have little self-belief…. but then I re-programme myself and think differently. Not easy for sure… but there’ll be situations, occurrences, times… in your life that should enable you to believe you can do anything in life.