Show Up!
Thanks to Tom Peters for this...
Show up! (If you care, you are there.)
“Being there” matters...Big Time. I'd go so far as to say that three out of every four (or nine out of every 10) (or 99 out of every 100) of the most intractable situations could have been ameliorated by...showing up...and are exacerbated by...absence.
The idea holds at every level: How many deteriorating relationships, personal or professional, could have been mended by one humbling (or even not so humbling) phone call...two days ago...or two months ago? Call it death by 1,000 uncertainties. Perhaps the most potent force in the world is powerlessness and/or paralysis, that comes from the confusion of the moment. The physical presence of the leader, even though she arrives bearing no Strategic Silver Bullet, makes all the difference and moves tens or tens of thousands out of the paralytic catatonic state and off the proverbial dime.
The Power of Presence. Never, ever underestimate it!
The premier (only true!) indicator of caring is...Visibly Spending the Time
Show up! (If you care, you are there.)
“Being there” matters...Big Time. I'd go so far as to say that three out of every four (or nine out of every 10) (or 99 out of every 100) of the most intractable situations could have been ameliorated by...showing up...and are exacerbated by...absence.
The idea holds at every level: How many deteriorating relationships, personal or professional, could have been mended by one humbling (or even not so humbling) phone call...two days ago...or two months ago? Call it death by 1,000 uncertainties. Perhaps the most potent force in the world is powerlessness and/or paralysis, that comes from the confusion of the moment. The physical presence of the leader, even though she arrives bearing no Strategic Silver Bullet, makes all the difference and moves tens or tens of thousands out of the paralytic catatonic state and off the proverbial dime.
The Power of Presence. Never, ever underestimate it!
The premier (only true!) indicator of caring is...Visibly Spending the Time
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