Sweet Spot
In his book, The Practice, Seth Godin writes that “there are at least 45 ways we sacrifice our work to our fear”.
As I read through the list, I’m struck by how many are opposing ideas.
For example:
14. don’t go to work
AND
15. work all the time.
Or,
40. miss ship dates on a regular basis
AND
41. Don’t set ship dates.
Making our contribution through our work whether it be as an employee, business owner, entrepreneur or otherwise is nuanced. Of course it is as we are individual human beings. There is no formula, or magic bullet, or precise answer to how we each will do it.
Finding the sweet spot for us and our work takes time, trust and experimentation. Only through taking action can we know the answer to questions like:
—> what is the ideal amount of work I need to do to make my best contribution? and
—> how do I keep myself on the hook and not overcommitted or overwhelmed?
The practice is about the action/s we take. For any of us making change happen in this world, we need the practice and we need the action.
Let’s go.