I'm going to have a short meeting with a mentor of mine this morning, all because of something he said a couple of months ago: "Jason, do you love the problem?"
It got me thinking about this "chosen profession" of mine, advising the world's busiest business leaders, working together to create productivity and performance-based solutions to their pressing needs: Getting more done, faster, on a smaller budget, with fewer resources.
Sounds like an overwhelming problem, doesn't it? Well, not if I look at it from another angle... I love the problem. I can think of three reasons it's a worthwhile puzzle to solve:
1) I read the book by Mitch Albom, Tuesday's With Morrie, years ago and it had a profound effect on me. People will wish they spent more time on their MITs - their Most Important Things.
2) There are shortcuts - what a teacher of mind Russell Bishop calls, "Workarounds" - that we can implement to brigade the growing gap between "idea" and "action." In fact, in order to up level your game, you're going to have to do "more with less" and work much, much smarter.
3) Doing more is more fun. Bottom line, I WANT to solve one of the world's biggest problems 'cause it sets me up to work on the next big problem I identify.
Sure, this kind of hard work isn't for everyone. As I am reminded all the time, "Deep thinking is hard work." However, if you're looking for big, worthwhile, life-changing ideas, let's talk. Between the two of us, I'm sure we could come up with a new problem to love!
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