They see you smaller

Some calls are unpalatable. Some emails you just don’t want to write. Some meetings you’d rather not arrange. But that’s the work. When you took the title, when you hired the team, when all eyes started turning towards you when the going got tough – these calls came with the territory.

Sure, a lot of them are no-win.

Making them though is still a positive sum – if you dodge the responsibility you lose bigger than if you embrace it. A bigger fail, because in not dealing with the difficulty, you’re also SEEN not to deal with it by those around you.

And they see you smaller.

The way to deal with these calls, the emails, these meetings, is to sit down, buckle in, and do the work that only you can do.

Skippy strategy: When the going gets unpalatable, buckle in. That’s the work.

Get a daily nudge by subscribing to email updates.

Category:
Skippiness