[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\/2018\/08\/Publication1-3.jpg” _builder_version=”3.0.101″ max_width=”32%”][\/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=”15px”]I’m going to make a blanket statement here and I think you’re going to know what I’m talking about.<\/p>\n
It’s something I think we all experience with various degrees and it just seems to be a steady fixture in the environment of management.<\/p>\n
I call it the Hum of Discontent.<\/p>\n
It’s a sound that buzzes in our brains day after day.<\/p>\n
It’s seems to surround us — unhappy staff, need for more sales, bummed out customers, “we need to expand”, etc….<\/p>\n
On it goes….a constant drip in our nervous systems…the hum of discontent.<\/p>\n
OK, then what happens is, we live our management lives in a perpetual state of reaction to the dreaded hum.<\/p>\n
We convince ourselves that if we just do steps A, B, and C and do them correctly, we can silence the hum.<\/p>\n
And, if the hum doesn’t go away we’re at fault – we’re just not doing things right.<\/p>\n
Welcome to what I feel is one of the biggest “treadmills to nowhere” in management.<\/p>\n
Trying to get away from the hum.<\/p>\n
We can find ourselves running around in vicious cycles of energy expenditure trying to solve it.<\/p>\n
It’s a mighty distraction that often has us feeling a lot worse because the hum never goes away.<\/p>\n
It just steals our energy and focus trying to fight it.<\/p>\n
The hum of discontent is a part of management. It’s always there and always will be.<\/p>\n
I think we need to accept that fact and move forward.<\/p>\n
Take the pressure off; release the distraction of that constant hum.<\/p>\n
If we equate the hum with a feeling that we’re not able to do our job correctly, we’re really in for it.<\/p>\n
Relax. Take some deep breaths.<\/p>\n
Shift the focus back toward known goals and objectives and take joy in the small steps that are being made.<\/p>\n
We can validate ourselves even when no one else is and reflect on the road being traveled.<\/p>\n
Let’s accept that a hum is always going to be there and de-personalize it.<\/p>\n
What we want to do is flow through our day humming our own tune.<\/p>\n
I’m right with you.
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I'm going to make a blanket statement here and I think you're going to know what I'm talking about.<\/p>
It's something I think we all experience with various degrees and it just seems to be a steady fixture in the environment of management.<\/p>
I call it the Hum of Discontent.<\/p>
It's a sound that buzzes in our brains day after day.<\/p>
It's seems to surround us -- unhappy staff, need for more sales, bummed out customers, \"we need to expand\", etc....<\/p>
On it goes....a constant drip in our nervous systems...the hum of discontent.<\/p>
OK, then what happens is, we live our management lives in a perpetual state of reaction to the dreaded hum.<\/p>
We convince ourselves that if we just do steps A, B, and C and do them correctly, we can silence the hum.<\/p>
And, if the hum doesn't go away we're at fault - we're just not doing things right.<\/p>
Welcome to what I feel is one of the biggest \"treadmills to nowhere\" in management.<\/p>
Trying to get away from the hum.<\/p>
We can find ourselves running around in vicious cycles of energy expenditure trying to solve it.<\/p>
It's a mighty distraction that often has us feeling a lot worse because the hum never goes away.<\/p>
It just steals our energy and focus trying to fight it.<\/p>
The hum of discontent is a part of management. It's always there and always will be.<\/p>
I think we need to accept that fact and move forward.<\/p>
Take the pressure off; release the distraction of that constant hum.<\/p>
If we equate the hum with a feeling that we're not able to do our job correctly, we're really in for it.<\/p>
Relax. Take some deep breaths.<\/p>
Shift the focus back toward known goals and objectives and take joy in the small steps that are being made.<\/p>
We can validate ourselves even when no one else is and reflect on the road being traveled.<\/p>
Let's accept that a hum is always going to be there and de-personalize it.<\/p>
What we want to do is flow through our day humming our own tune.<\/p>
I'm right with you.<\/p>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"project_category":[3],"project_tag":[],"class_list":["post-405","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\/405","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=405"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":408,"href":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/405\/revisions\/408"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"project_category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project_category?post=405"},{"taxonomy":"project_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project_tag?post=405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}