[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Publication1.jpg” _builder_version=”3.0.101″ max_width=”42%”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.101″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” text_font=”||||||||” text_font_size=”21px”]As humans we find strength and joy in numbers.<\/p>\n
We bond via our similar and shared beliefs, practices and understandings.<\/p>\n
Could be anything – small or large. A hobby, an interest, a political view, a common emotion.<\/p>\n
Some are wonderful and give us lots of fun and excitement and some are not so wonderful and helpful to us in the long run.<\/p>\n
Here’s my selection this week for a common idea that we bond over at work that might behoove us to take a look at:<\/p>\n
“I don’t have enough time!”<\/p>\n
We really love this one, don’t we.<\/p>\n
We want coworkers, bosses and boards, and our staff to understand how busy we are with everything.<\/p>\n
It becomes kind of a personal rallying call of perceived truth among us all that we are all only too happy to reinforce with each other.<\/p>\n
And oh, the joy of that bonding moment when we hear in return, “I know! There’s just so much to do!!”<\/p>\n
Sweet!<\/p>\n
But really, are we doing ourselves any favors by repeating this mantra out loud and in our minds?<\/p>\n
Is it in anyway moving anything forward?<\/p>\n
Could we possibly slip into using it as an excuse or a defense?<\/p>\n
Does it not perpetuate a form of victimhood?<\/p>\n
I know we’re real busy, sometimes crazy busy.<\/p>\n
However, don’t we just dig our hole deeper and send out a signal to others of our unwillingness to take full responsibility for ourselves?<\/p>\n
How about challenging ourselves to drop that phrase from our conversations for a while.<\/p>\n
See if we feel better. See if it helps us turn our focus more to accepting and moving through challenges not being rolled over by them.<\/p>\n
Maybe free up some energy to look at elevating the skills needed to navigate our way to better results.<\/p>\n
There’s always plenty of work; let’s just not make it any harder by joining the “Oh no! I’ve got too much to do” club.<\/p>\n
Maybe we go with something like “I have a lot to do so I am on it with my planning and prioritizing!”<\/p>\n
Just say’n, I think we need to be mindful of how we define our work – it has an impact.
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As humans we find strength and joy in numbers. We bond via our similar and shared beliefs, practices and understandings. Could be anything – small or large. A hobby, an interest, a political view, a common emotion. Some are wonderful and give us lots of fun and excitement and some are not so wonderful and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1283,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"
As humans we find strength and joy in numbers.<\/p>
We bond via our similar and shared beliefs, practices and understandings.<\/p>
Could be anything - small or large. A hobby, an interest, a political view, a common emotion.<\/p>
Some are wonderful and give us lots of fun and excitement and some are not so wonderful and helpful to us in the long run.<\/p>
Here's my selection this week for a common idea that we bond over at work that might behoove us to take a look at:<\/p>
\"I don't have enough time!\"<\/p>
We really love this one, don't we.<\/p>
We want coworkers, bosses and boards, and our staff to understand how busy we are with everything.<\/p>
It becomes kind of a personal rallying call of perceived truth among us all that we are all only too happy to reinforce with each other.<\/p>
And oh, the joy of that bonding moment when we hear in return, \"I know! There's just so much to do!!\"<\/p>
Sweet!<\/p>
But really, are we doing ourselves any favors by repeating this mantra out loud and in our minds?<\/p>
Is it in anyway moving anything forward?<\/p>
Could we possibly slip into using it as an excuse or a defense?<\/p>
Does it not perpetuate a form of victimhood?<\/p>
I know we're real busy, sometimes crazy busy.<\/p>
However, don't we just dig our hole deeper and send out a signal to others of our unwillingness to take full responsibility for ourselves?<\/p>
How about challenging ourselves to drop that phrase from our conversations for a while.<\/p>
See if we feel better. See if it helps us turn our focus more to accepting and moving through challenges not being rolled over by them.<\/p>
Maybe free up some energy to look at elevating the skills needed to navigate our way to better results.<\/p>
There's always plenty of work; let's just not make it any harder by joining the \"Oh no! I've got too much to do\" club.<\/p>
Maybe we go with something like \"I have a lot to do so I am on it with my planning and prioritizing!\"<\/p>
Just say'n, I think we need to be mindful of how we define our work - it has an impact. <\/p>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"project_category":[3],"project_tag":[],"class_list":["post-1282","project","type-project","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","project_category-m2m"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/1282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/project"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1282"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/1282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1285,"href":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/1282\/revisions\/1285"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"project_category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project_category?post=1282"},{"taxonomy":"project_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project_tag?post=1282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}