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Work ‘Better,’ Not ‘Harder’

Man working hard at office deskThis extends to how you use and train your people.

By Bill Reeb

Overachievers typically don’t have a problem working hard, but they often have a problem working “better.” So let’s focus on learning how to work better.

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Regarding any technique, know that by remaining open to learning while doing the work (letting go of what you think you know), that is where you will find the “wisdom in the work,” which can bubble up into profound thoughts and ideas that can help you work better.
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Why Your To-Do List Isn’t Getting Done

Businessman in dark gray suit raise his hand in action of stop and word "stop" on his red palmWhat to stop doing may be more important than what to do.

By Bill Reeb

Much of your focus is naturally on “What can I do today to move me one step closer to whatever I am trying to achieve?”

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While “doing the work” really seems to be about actions you should take, often it is just as much – if not more – about what actions to stop.

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Learn to Embrace Failure

Coats hanging on wall hooksIt often comes when we tackle new work.

By Bill Reeb

The learning process is often frustrating. So why is it so difficult to learn new things?

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One answer is that we don’t have “hooks” for what we don’t know (neither the mental acuity nor the physical skills). An example of this is found anytime businesses train their employees.
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What a Pro Knows

Golf club by tee at tee box, looking downhill at holeWhy brutal realism is the only true path to achievement.

By Bill Reeb

During golf season, I like to hit practice balls at the driving range.

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I also like to take lessons with my golf professional – mostly playing lessons as opposed to ball striking lessons, because just hitting the ball is far less of a problem than the lapse of synapses striking properly in my brain.

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Appreciate the Joy That Comes From Work

Climber standing atop mountain with another in distanceStop wishing your life away.

By Bill Reeb

We spend about 99.7 percent (statistic totally fabricated but the phrase “vast majority” would certainly apply) of our time en route to some objective. If you can find happiness, serenity or a feeling of success only when you arrive at your intended destinations, then you are destined to be unhappy or feeling unsuccessful almost all of the time.

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I remember my wife and I vacationing in Puerto Rico many years ago. We decided to go to the El Yunque National Forest Reserve and walk up to the top of one of the El Yunque mountains. Given that we like to hike, this was not a difficult climb because it was only about five miles roundtrip on a paved path.
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