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You can't control life.⁣ ⁣ But you do have an You can't control life.⁣
⁣
But you do have an opportunity to influence it because you decide how you will respond to it.⁣
⁣
When things don’t go your way, what will you choose? To be a victim & climb into the trunk?⁣
⁣
Or stay in the driver’s seat and choose to compete?⁣
⁣
I didn’t feel my best today.⁣
I actually haven’t felt my best this week.⁣
Mentally I’m still grieving Huck.⁣
Physically I’m exhausted.⁣
⁣
But I still choose to show up. It’s not pretty (it’s downright ugly some days), but it beats the opposite.⁣
⁣
If I can do it, you can do it.⁣
⁣
Choose to.⁣
Choose to stay in the driver’s seat.⁣
Choose to compete, because it’s the only thing that gives you a shot at breaking your current challenge. ⁣
⁣
It doesn’t matter what you feel like. It matters what you show up and do.⁣
⁣
I’m cheering for you 🙌
Most of us believe if we’re not light years ahea Most of us believe if we’re not light years ahead, we can’t help.⁣
⁣
I’ll never forget @PatFlynn dispelling that myth for me years ago when he shared on his podcast that you “only need to be one step ahead to help someone else.”⁣
⁣
One step.⁣
⁣
One way how you figured out how to balance working from home and schooling your kids.⁣
⁣
One step to how you’ve gone from never working out to being active just a few days each week.⁣
⁣
One step.⁣
⁣
It’s not much. But it’s a step that someone else watching you, hasn’t taken yet. You get to help them do so.⁣
⁣
If you want help taking the first step on your goals & systems, invest time into this week’s @17TwentyPodcast that I was fortunate to join.⁣
⁣
We talked goals, getting started, & how to take one step in the right direction this week.⁣
⁣
“Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?’” - Martin Luther King, Jr.⁣
⁣
So what can you do today to help someone else increase their life trajectory upwards? #CompeteEveryDay
I hate being referred to as the equivalent of Chri I hate being referred to as the equivalent of Chris Farley “living in a van down by the river.”⁣
⁣
If you get motivated by my message, that’s awesome.⁣
⁣
But motivation fades and this ain’t a “everyone is going to win” message I’m spreading.⁣
⁣
Everybody wants to win - but not everyone wants to compete.⁣
⁣
Because in competition, there’s a chance you’ll lose.⁣
You’re going to get busted up.⁣
You’re going to have moments of failure.⁣
⁣
Competition = life IN the arena.⁣
⁣
It’s bloody, messy, and imperfect.⁣
⁣
But it’s one heckuva better way to spend a life than wasting away on the sidelines, eventually playing “what if” at the end of life.⁣
⁣
So if you’re someone willing to #Compete, you’re in the right place. You’re my people, and I’m yours.⁣
⁣
If you’re going to show up today and do the work, I’m cheering for you. #CompeteEveryDay
You just have to start somewhere.⁣ ⁣ Don’t f You just have to start somewhere.⁣
⁣
Don’t focus on how far you have to go or how big your dream really is. Focus on how you'll move closer to it today through action.⁣
⁣
Don't let how big your dreams are deter you from starting after them.⁣
⁣
Even Champions start with their first step. If you want something, #CompeteEveryDay to GET IT.⁣
Go after goals that are SO BIG that you even surpr Go after goals that are SO BIG that you even surprise yourself when you achieve.⁣
⁣
Staying with what’s comfortable is for cowards. #CompeteEveryDay⁣
⁣
⁣
⁣
📸: @jessiwhit
This girl is the sweetest. #SugarSmacks This girl is the sweetest. #SugarSmacks
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You can't control life.⁣ ⁣ But you do have an You can't control life.⁣
⁣
But you do have an opportunity to influence it because you decide how you will respond to it.⁣
⁣
When things don’t go your way, what will you choose? To be a victim & climb into the trunk?⁣
⁣
Or stay in the driver’s seat and choose to compete?⁣
⁣
I didn’t feel my best today.⁣
I actually haven’t felt my best this week.⁣
Mentally I’m still grieving Huck.⁣
Physically I’m exhausted.⁣
⁣
But I still choose to show up. It’s not pretty (it’s downright ugly some days), but it beats the opposite.⁣
⁣
If I can do it, you can do it.⁣
⁣
Choose to.⁣
Choose to stay in the driver’s seat.⁣
Choose to compete, because it’s the only thing that gives you a shot at breaking your current challenge. ⁣
⁣
It doesn’t matter what you feel like. It matters what you show up and do.⁣
⁣
I’m cheering for you 🙌
Most of us believe if we’re not light years ahea Most of us believe if we’re not light years ahead, we can’t help.⁣
⁣
I’ll never forget @PatFlynn dispelling that myth for me years ago when he shared on his podcast that you “only need to be one step ahead to help someone else.”⁣
⁣
One step.⁣
⁣
One way how you figured out how to balance working from home and schooling your kids.⁣
⁣
One step to how you’ve gone from never working out to being active just a few days each week.⁣
⁣
One step.⁣
⁣
It’s not much. But it’s a step that someone else watching you, hasn’t taken yet. You get to help them do so.⁣
⁣
If you want help taking the first step on your goals & systems, invest time into this week’s @17TwentyPodcast that I was fortunate to join.⁣
⁣
We talked goals, getting started, & how to take one step in the right direction this week.⁣
⁣
“Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?’” - Martin Luther King, Jr.⁣
⁣
So what can you do today to help someone else increase their life trajectory upwards? #CompeteEveryDay
I hate being referred to as the equivalent of Chri I hate being referred to as the equivalent of Chris Farley “living in a van down by the river.”⁣
⁣
If you get motivated by my message, that’s awesome.⁣
⁣
But motivation fades and this ain’t a “everyone is going to win” message I’m spreading.⁣
⁣
Everybody wants to win - but not everyone wants to compete.⁣
⁣
Because in competition, there’s a chance you’ll lose.⁣
You’re going to get busted up.⁣
You’re going to have moments of failure.⁣
⁣
Competition = life IN the arena.⁣
⁣
It’s bloody, messy, and imperfect.⁣
⁣
But it’s one heckuva better way to spend a life than wasting away on the sidelines, eventually playing “what if” at the end of life.⁣
⁣
So if you’re someone willing to #Compete, you’re in the right place. You’re my people, and I’m yours.⁣
⁣
If you’re going to show up today and do the work, I’m cheering for you. #CompeteEveryDay
You just have to start somewhere.⁣ ⁣ Don’t f You just have to start somewhere.⁣
⁣
Don’t focus on how far you have to go or how big your dream really is. Focus on how you'll move closer to it today through action.⁣
⁣
Don't let how big your dreams are deter you from starting after them.⁣
⁣
Even Champions start with their first step. If you want something, #CompeteEveryDay to GET IT.⁣
Go after goals that are SO BIG that you even surpr Go after goals that are SO BIG that you even surprise yourself when you achieve.⁣
⁣
Staying with what’s comfortable is for cowards. #CompeteEveryDay⁣
⁣
⁣
⁣
📸: @jessiwhit
This girl is the sweetest. #SugarSmacks This girl is the sweetest. #SugarSmacks
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Grit

How to Build Grit into Your Company Culture

January 22, 2020
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One of the most well-known parts of Navy SEALS initiation is its Hell Week. It’s a five-day training period designed to push candidates past the point of exhaustion. Instructors will push sleep-deprived, exhausted candidates through drills to break their perceived limits. Only 20-30% per graduating class make it through Hell Week.

Any aspiring SEAL can quit. As soon as they’re ready to quit, they can simply walk over and ring the bell three times. The bell is a sign of defeat – that you weren’t mentally strong enough to endure. The few newly graduated SEALS who survived Hell Week had to commit to themselves that they would never ring the bell. In other words, they would never give up and be gritty enough to endure anything their instructors sent at them.

Among other characteristics, the Navy SEALS demand grit from their members and the ability to persevere through expected (and unexpected) tribulations in the pursuit of a future goal. It’s no wonder they’re one of the most successful organizations in our country. SEALS are put into the most dangerous of situations and expected to perform flawlessly under pressure, remain optimistic about their success, and work together as one unit for a common goal.

How could your company benefit from that same level of team performance?

While they may not perform to the level of our US Navy Seals, they can begin to build the necessary grit & mentality that would elevate their performance in relation to your organizational goals. Here are four ways you can encourage grit within your organization.

1. Clearly Communicate Your Main Goals

Does everyone in the organization know your company’s main goal & their individual role’s goal? Knowing where you’re going, and in many cases, how long it will take you to get there helps someone maintain their grit to continue pursuing the goal. If your end goal is far off, how clearly are key checkpoints along the way communicated so team members know what they’re aiming for in the short term and will be able to realize it when they’ve arrived.

It’s nearly impossible to maintain your forward progress and positive attitude when you’re pursuing something that you have no idea how long it will take. Consider why marathons show mile markers throughout the race. Each point helps boost the confidence of runners while also keeping them focused on their pace/progress during the course. Establishing short-term checkpoints help reinforce motivation for the longer, big picture pursuits.

2. Use Language Optimistic About Future Growth

It’s imperative that we use language that is positive and encourages a growth mindset in order to build grit within our employees. According to Angela Duckworth, gritty people are hopeful and use matching language. They don’t just wait and wish for good things to happen to them, but instead are active in creating the results they want for their career/health/life.

Leaders within an organization can encourage grit within their team by using empowering language to support the development of future skills & goal achievement. Replace phrases “I can’t,” “I have to,” & “I don’t know” with positive phrases “I won’t,” “I’m going to,” and “I’ll discover how.” Reinforcing language that supports an employee’s effort, positive attitude, and ability to grow in their skillset and role gives them focal areas to develop, helping to reinforce their grit.

3. Identify Places Team Members Have Already Displayed Grit

One way to help your team identify grit as a skill they can continue to hone is to identify past examples where individually and collectively they’ve shown grit. For those who don’t believe themselves to be gritty, directly identifying how they positive responded to a challenge or difficulty can open their eyes to how they have some grit – and where they can develop more. Another idea would be to host an open discussion over lunch around a challenging situation your team worked through in order to show them collectively the grit of your organization to persevere through (and overcome) challenges

4. Ask Interviewees About Times They Struggled Or Failed

It’s easy to look at our current team members and ask how to develop more grit, but one area often overlooked is during our recruiting and interview process of new employees. It’s important that you look for gritty traits as you add new team members to your culture so they help add to the overall atmosphere within your company’s walls.

Ask candidates about times were they struggled and how they overcame said struggles. Find out what passions they have outside of work and what they did to cultivate their skills in that area. Consider how an accomplished athlete or musician has invested countless into practicing their skills so they can perform on game day. That focus and long-term vision to practice relentlessly display the type of grit that leads to success for an employee in an organization

Grit Doesn’t Just Happen. It’s Intentionally Built.

Gritty organizations don’t just happen. Cultures don’t just happen to persevere through challenging, stressful seasons. They intentionally survive them because of the work done prior to injecting grit into culture and employees. It’s not an instant change, but it can be done with an intentional focus on these four steps starting this week.

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You can't control life.⁣ ⁣ But you do have an You can't control life.⁣
⁣
But you do have an opportunity to influence it because you decide how you will respond to it.⁣
⁣
When things don’t go your way, what will you choose? To be a victim & climb into the trunk?⁣
⁣
Or stay in the driver’s seat and choose to compete?⁣
⁣
I didn’t feel my best today.⁣
I actually haven’t felt my best this week.⁣
Mentally I’m still grieving Huck.⁣
Physically I’m exhausted.⁣
⁣
But I still choose to show up. It’s not pretty (it’s downright ugly some days), but it beats the opposite.⁣
⁣
If I can do it, you can do it.⁣
⁣
Choose to.⁣
Choose to stay in the driver’s seat.⁣
Choose to compete, because it’s the only thing that gives you a shot at breaking your current challenge. ⁣
⁣
It doesn’t matter what you feel like. It matters what you show up and do.⁣
⁣
I’m cheering for you 🙌
Most of us believe if we’re not light years ahea Most of us believe if we’re not light years ahead, we can’t help.⁣
⁣
I’ll never forget @PatFlynn dispelling that myth for me years ago when he shared on his podcast that you “only need to be one step ahead to help someone else.”⁣
⁣
One step.⁣
⁣
One way how you figured out how to balance working from home and schooling your kids.⁣
⁣
One step to how you’ve gone from never working out to being active just a few days each week.⁣
⁣
One step.⁣
⁣
It’s not much. But it’s a step that someone else watching you, hasn’t taken yet. You get to help them do so.⁣
⁣
If you want help taking the first step on your goals & systems, invest time into this week’s @17TwentyPodcast that I was fortunate to join.⁣
⁣
We talked goals, getting started, & how to take one step in the right direction this week.⁣
⁣
“Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?’” - Martin Luther King, Jr.⁣
⁣
So what can you do today to help someone else increase their life trajectory upwards? #CompeteEveryDay
I hate being referred to as the equivalent of Chri I hate being referred to as the equivalent of Chris Farley “living in a van down by the river.”⁣
⁣
If you get motivated by my message, that’s awesome.⁣
⁣
But motivation fades and this ain’t a “everyone is going to win” message I’m spreading.⁣
⁣
Everybody wants to win - but not everyone wants to compete.⁣
⁣
Because in competition, there’s a chance you’ll lose.⁣
You’re going to get busted up.⁣
You’re going to have moments of failure.⁣
⁣
Competition = life IN the arena.⁣
⁣
It’s bloody, messy, and imperfect.⁣
⁣
But it’s one heckuva better way to spend a life than wasting away on the sidelines, eventually playing “what if” at the end of life.⁣
⁣
So if you’re someone willing to #Compete, you’re in the right place. You’re my people, and I’m yours.⁣
⁣
If you’re going to show up today and do the work, I’m cheering for you. #CompeteEveryDay
You just have to start somewhere.⁣ ⁣ Don’t f You just have to start somewhere.⁣
⁣
Don’t focus on how far you have to go or how big your dream really is. Focus on how you'll move closer to it today through action.⁣
⁣
Don't let how big your dreams are deter you from starting after them.⁣
⁣
Even Champions start with their first step. If you want something, #CompeteEveryDay to GET IT.⁣
Go after goals that are SO BIG that you even surpr Go after goals that are SO BIG that you even surprise yourself when you achieve.⁣
⁣
Staying with what’s comfortable is for cowards. #CompeteEveryDay⁣
⁣
⁣
⁣
📸: @jessiwhit
This girl is the sweetest. #SugarSmacks This girl is the sweetest. #SugarSmacks
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