DIRECTION OVER SPEED

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So far this week we’ve looked at starting and continuing. Now let’s turn our attention to the power of direction (pun intended).

So far this week we’ve looked at starting and continuing. Now let’s turn our attention to the power of direction (pun intended).

Over on fs.blog they say direction is more important than speed and illustrate it beautifully:

“Imagine sitting on a train. If you were certain that you were on the right track, you wouldn’t get off simply because the train stopped from time to time. You know that stops are part of the journey. Yet when it comes to the goals that are most important to us in life, we tend to jump tracks the second we stop perceiving forward momentum. We’re choosing the illusion of progress over what really matters.”

Things like annual salary reviews don’t always help because they create within us an unrealistic expectation that breakthroughs happen on a schedule.

I’m preaching to myself here today because I also get sucked into this sub-optimal way of thinking. The truth is the best things in my own career didn’t happen during an annual review.

As a young man I was fortunate to be mentored by Bill Scheidler who used to tell me “take the train to the end of the track”.

So, go write this down somewhere - like I did - so you can be reminded about it continuously:

DIRECTION OVER SPEED