We are often encouraged to, “Take it easy,” but taking it easy is probably the last thing most of you should do.
I find when I take it easy at the gym my muscles don’t get stronger my ability to sustain effort is lessened and flab starts to develop in places I would prefer not to.
The same thing happens at work when you take it easy.
Your ability to sustain effort diminishes, your desire diminishes and you start defaulting to the idea of doing the least amount of work possible.
You can be great at what you do.
You’ll be able to keep your eye out for opportunities the more you do hard things well.
Even if you don’t do them well, you can learn from the mistake and get better.
If you’re like most adults, you don’t like making mistakes and do everything to avoid them.
Putting yourself in the position to make a mistake and learn from is a hard thing because you stretched yourself beyond your comfort.
Do more hard things.
Ⓒ The Big Game Hunter, Inc., Asheville, NC 2020
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Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter is a career and leadership coach who worked as a recruiter for more than 40 years. He is the host of “No BS Job Search Advice Radio,” the #1 podcast in iTunes for job search with more than 1700 episodes and his newest show, “No BS Coaching Advice” and is a member of The Forbes Coaches Council.
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