How Conquering Mud Can Help Achieve Challenges At Work
I love this time of year. The colour of the leaves in autumn are stunning, rich, vibrate, warming, full of variety. The air is crisp and refreshing. I love to go for walks and take in the beauty.
However, there is 1 little problem – MUD! I don’t know about you, but I am not a fan of mud. It’s sticky, dirty, slippy, gets everywhere, and seems to be everywhere!
We have had a lot of rain this year. Someone told me, the most rain in October for 20 years. I was out walking last week, along a coastal path. All kitted out wearing walking boots with good grips, when I turned a corner and there is was. MUD! All over the footpath. I had a couple of options:
- Turn back – but I really wanted to get to the end of my walk
- Try walking at the very edge and the limited vegetation – which looked very slippy and not much of it
- Just walk through it – carefully. That’s what boots are made for!
I went for option 3 – just walk through it. My desire to get to the end of the walk was really strong, it was high priority. I was also wearing walking boots that were designed for mud, I had the correct resources. I also decided to look upon the mud as a challenge which I was going to conquering, get a sense of achievement. I have had to face walking through mud before and was successful so I knew I could do it.
The same principles can be applied to a task you have to perform at work that you don’t want to do or think you can’t do. For e.g., completing year activities.
Ask yourself:
- What are your priorities?
- Do you have the relevant resources?
- Have you done something similar before and if so, what can you learn from that experience?
- How big a sense of achievement will you get when you complete the task?
Whatever you decide to do, reward yourself when you achieve it.
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