Think Not, Do and Social Media
The Yoda Part
In Accomplishment is What Matters, Chris Brogan writes:
In all transactions in your professional life, the weight of things will likely rest on whether or not you accomplished what you set out to achieve. Did you get the project completed on time? If the answer is no (with subtext of “because Jerry called out sick and we had nothing we could do”), then you didn’t achieve your goal. Who cares why not?
Our job in HR is to help employees be successful. A large part of that success is getting things done, no matter the obstacles. No excuses. Figure out ways to get things done rather than why it can’t be done. As Henry Ford said, “Whether you say you can or you can’t, you’re right.”
The Social Media Part
You can read the entire essay here. You know how I found this, by the way? Social media. I saw Steve Rubel’s Twitter post that he had loaded up from Facebook. Not on any of those? Your employees, especially the young ones, are.
George Carlin on Employee Engagement
I saw this line in a George Carlin joke list and thought about all of those employee engagement studies:
Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit.
Do What You Love and Success Will Follow
My buddy, Ubermensch, sent me a note with a link that I thought summed up the answer to that burning question: “What’s it all about, Alfie?” The link was to Steve Jobs’ commencement speech at Stanford in June 2005. Short speech:
You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever.
Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle.
Our time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.
Ubermensch has it right, and so did Jobs by closing with these words: Stay hungry. Stay foolish.
I wish you all a happy holidays and hope for a prosperous new year.
Great Battles
Tom Peters posted a Christmas thought tagged on this quote by Philo of Alexandria:
“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle.”
Powerful read about compassion and listening.
Words of Genius from Dilbert Author
Scott Adams is a genius. Not only is he the author of Dilbert, the art that adorns more cubicles than can be counted, he’s also a very talented writer. (I’d guess more people have Dilbert comics up in their cubes than pictures of their family.) And in his article Acting Smarter Than You Are comes this gem:
It’s important to agree with people if you want them to think you are a genius. For most people, the definition of smart is‚ “Thinks exactly like me but even more so.”
There’s the consulting magic I was searching for! And, hey, you change management specialists, think about it: what do people really want? More of what they’re thinking…and then some.
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