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Learn How to Not Let Perfect be the Enemy of Good
Published 6 months ago • 2 min read
Hello Reader,
Leadership Lessons
This past Saturday we did not send a Weekly Roundup. I will be listing last week's content following this segment. The reason I chose not to do the roundup is because I had some more content to create to finish my content requirements, mainly January's Founding Member's content. This season has been one for the books at this point, but in January I didn't have a chance to create some timely founder's content. I thought to myself I would make it up this past weekend. I created the content today because I was busy with other things on Saturday and Sunday. After I created the Founding Member's content, the file got corrupted and ultimately I lost all the work. There are a few takeaways I want to share:
If something isn't meant to be don't force it. I didn't create the content in question in January like I was supposed to and when I did create it, I immediately lost the file. I could have decided to re-create the content but in life somethings are better off left alone and being defiant may not change anything in that regard.
Don't let your work go to waste, spin up what you have. Just because I lost the file doesn't mean I lost the lessons I learned while creating the content, which I am using to create this segment.
Sometimes we think we are doing something for someone else but God intends it to be for you. I've been resonating with the Martha in me or the side of me that wants to make sure things are orderly. Part of it comes from my grandmother who enjoyed and insisted on a clean house. Don't give away to someone else what God intends for you. In this case as a curator of content I receive that message because as a creator you may not always consider the value in creating something that is only meant for you, even though that's how a lot of us get started on our creative journey.
Ken's Corner
As was mentioned there was no roundup but I want to highlight the content from last week and some that may add insight to your coming week (click on each respective thumbnail):
The best thing I ever did for my confidence is become a content creator. I lived my life for a long time under the oppression of being someone I was not. That life looks like having a low morale. Being timid in social situations, being a follower as opposed to a leader, and feeling underachieved.
I want to double click on the entrenchment component of this because it really captures how an inefficiency can perpetuate in a system. If a system is overstaying its welcome in some way being honest with yourself and whoever else may be involved can be a good start to practically dissect the significance of a subjective institution.
Despite my discontent with that reality should I just give up on that goal? And if I do, what are my other options? Fall through the cracks of society? Live on the streets? Not try to improve myself? Become invalid? And what about people who are already at some form of rock-bottom do you tell them not to hope when hope is the only saving grace they have?
Kenneth Wyche - This Mental Shift Will Change Everything You Know - The Cameron Journal Podcast
You cannot fix a problem using the same mindset that created it. If you want different results, you need a different revelation. Stop fighting reality. Start mastering it.
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