None of us can control everything. But we can choose how we react to events. Choosing optimism and its associated hopefulness and confidence can be infectuous. Organizations marked by hopefulness and confidence are inevitably more enjoyable than those marked by dispair and fear. Choose hope. Choose confidence. Choose optimism.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not suggesting you should short cut due diligence. I'm not suggesting you should not have a realistic view of what you're getting into. I'm most certainly not suggesting that you don't need a plan B if plan A falters. I'm just suggesting that you do all those with an optimistic view of the future – especially as we all onboard into 2011.
These come through in Three Winning Ideas for 2011 that I highlighted in a post for the MENG blog:
- Do the work required to prepare to win.
- Inspire and enable others to win.
- Adapt to win.
Bottom line, choose an optimistic outook and choose to do the hard work required to prepare, inspire and enable others, and adapt to win.
