talent & career development

stop sabotaging yourself.

by bill reeb

third “bad” and you’re out.

this is a philosophy that i adopted years ago while i was reflecting on a number of situations that had gone wrong as i was doing the work. as i have mentioned numerous times before, when we make mistakes (and for me that is often), that tends to trigger a time of great reflection.

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one day, i noticed a trend. as i would reflect on events ending negatively, i realized that in almost every case, my mistakes had compounded before they hurt me. so, for this discussion, when i refer to a “bad,” this is simply a shorthand way of saying “i made a mistake.”
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if you rely only on your “winning” skill set, you’ll never develop anything else.

by bill reeb

“invest in loss” is a technique that helps us expand our knowledge and ability by setting our ego aside so that we can learn how to work better and get better. with invest-in-loss, the focus is on improving; whether you win or lose, whether you look bad or like a pro, whether you are embarrassed or held up as an example, the key is to improve.

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don’t confuse investing in loss with “give up and don’t care.” these two phrases have nothing in common. while investing in loss still means you are trying, you are not restricting yourself to those approaches that give you the best chance of “winning.”
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the goal is to work better, not just more.

by bill reeb

always keeping the basics top of mind can help you work better. this technique is about making sure you are always building on a strong foundation – strong enough for where you are now, but also strong enough to support where you plan to be.

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if your foundation isn’t built for the load you will eventually put to bear on it, then though you might make great progress doing the work in the short term, your gains will all crumble underneath you in the long term.
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