Good Morning, Team! It’s Friday!

Picture Summertime at the lake, kids are swimming, running, jumping and they plop down next to you, exhausted. They explain how big they are getting, how well they can swim and how strong they are so you say,
“Show me your muscles!” They jump up, chest out, arms folded and even though they’ve never seen it, you’d swear they are posing for the Olympia finals body building contest.

Now, picture a Monday at the office. It’s the start of a new year after missing revenue goals for the last 4 years. Your Team is a little beat down, many have left from the heydays of wild revenues and easy profits. Customers aren’t clambering for your goods or services, they’ve moved on to the latest path of least resistance.

You’d like to walk up to every single person and say, “Show me your muscles!” but they might not quite understand your intent. Wouldn’t it be great if your employees and business partners rebounded as quickly as a toddler flexes their biceps?

You could paint on the doorway into the building(s) something like “Stay humble, stay hungry” or “Every day get bigger, stronger, faster…because your competition is” but it’s likely that the paint would wear off or people would stop looking above the doorway.

This conversion of direction is no simple task or basic request…

•Building confidence is hard.
•Rebuilding confidence is harder. •Fighting apathy is confounding.
•Combatting entitlement is laborious and painstaking.

Frankly, I don’t care what inspirational method you employ to get people to think about getting better, seeking excellence, and realizing a positive turn around. It may take several methods and multiple repeated attempts.

The good news is that it’s tremendously rewarding when people finally start walking up to you and start showing off their muscles.

Have a blessed weekend!