Our business success will be determined by our business mindset. Building a high performance team needs a high performance perception on the world. By asking ourselves better questions we get better results. What questions are you asking yourself?
I’m sure that over the years, you (like me), have identified certain behaviours you’d like to change. Maybe you’ve also identified them in your teams, or those around you. Now we all know that creating sustainable change isn’t easy, right? The reasons for that are numerous, of course (quite often excuse-laden!)
The real reasons though are very simple:
1. We ask the wrong questions; and
2. We don’t follow up.
So what do I mean by that? Let’s take the simple goal of being happy. If you ask yourself the question at the end of each day “was I happy today?”, it’s very easy to answer “no, because….” and find reasons in your environment that detracted from your happiness! And since you’re not in control of those environmental factors, it’s a fantastic excuse to let ourselves off for missing the goal!
So what if you were to ask a different question: “Did I do my best to be happy today?” Feels different, doesn’t it? There’s no room for excuses in that question – it places the responsibility for happiness firmly in our laps, and removes all the wriggle room! And in one, easy change of question, happiness becomes a choice that we have to work at, rather than something we can blame our environment for destroying!
Of course, we could ask ourselves that “Did I do my best to….?” question for all manner of things, couldn’t we? If we really want to create a long-lasting change in our behaviour, then it’s a question that we have to ask ourselves, and answer honestly, every day. That takes discipline! And it’s the only way to prove that we are truly committed to the goals we set ourselves.
In which areas of your life do you need to ask yourself “Did I do my best to…?” to achieve the changes in behaviour you’ve identified?
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