My work with Eric has contributed significantly to the success we have experienced at Castle Contracting.
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Keep Your Eyes Downhill, and Your Skis Will Follow
Occasionally, I get to downhill ski. On our last trip, I finally learned how to handle the black-diamond mogul runs. When skiing one of these steep slopes in the past, I usually ended up flat on my back. If not, I was off on the edge of the slope, my skis pointed into the forest, completely sideways on the mountain. I could not figure out how to make progress down the hill.
Then it dawned on me. I was going sideways because I was looking sideways – literally. I was so worried about the moguls that I was watching them the entire time, and then inevitably skiing right into them. I realized that if I wanted to get down the hill, I had better start looking down the hill. I did, and sure enough, my skis followed.
Performance Principle: Keep your eyes fixed on where you want to be, and the rest of you will follow. Obstacles have a tendency to draw our attention. We get focused on the problems rather than the objective, and then wonder why we are not making real progress.
Questions to Consider:
- What specific challenges or obstacles keep arising for your team?
- Instead of focusing on “overcoming” the obstacle, have you defined what success looks like? What is the goal toward which you are aiming?
- How can you and your team stay focused on the success that you want rather than on the problems you want to avoid?
