How Do You Go from Great to Greater?
Great to greater. It is that part inside of us that pushes us. As a parent we want to be the best parent, teach and show our kids all that we can and be that great parent to them. In our relationships we want to be the great friend, lover and the go to with our BFF. In business we want to be greater than great. Come on, I admit it. I want to look in the mirror and know that I am giving it all I have to be greater than great. If we just wanted to be great we would not try and learn more, better ourselves, move up in the company and for the small business owners, offer new services. First we have to be great at one thing and people acknowledge and believe that, then once we attain that, we want to go from great to greater. But how? We are stretched to the gills sometimes and as we try and find the time to grow within ourselves, our family and friends, we sometimes have to search for the ways to become greater.
Going from Great to Greater
We go from great to greater when we invest in ourselves. Investing in ourselves is difficult sometimes. We feel the time pressures, the guilt of not spending that little extra bit of time with our family or friends. How many times have we had to choose between sleep and getting that last little bit done, or hunkering down on a weekend to catch up on some webinars, blog comments or reading a book that has been staring at us on the counter day after day? I know for me many times. I joke about being a superhero but in a way it is not really a joke, is it? It is saying I want to invest in myself to better me as a better me is going to benefit me, my family, my friends and the entire community that supports this blog. Seems simple when we say it that way but we are not that naive to think that it is this easy.
How do we invest in ourselves?
We invest in ourselves through the relationships we build, the dialogue we create and engage in, the webinars we listen to, the conferences we attend and even the classes we take. Yes, classes that we take. When is the last time many of us took a class? I know for me it was in 2002. That is a lifetime ago. Why? I got busy and shifted my efforts elsewhere. I learn every day from the community around me and while this is true is it enough? The community does not make us necessarily responsible as a class assignment. We can look at who writes a lot but yet she takes writing classes. Kinda makes me feel a bit inferior to be honest. I write blogs but yet I never thought of taking a writing class. The challenges while at first glance may feel less than writing a blog each day as there is only one that is critiquing the writing in a class as opposed to the blogging community. Is a low traffic day indicative of a blog that was not worthy of reading? Sometimes yes, but, is this a real measure if we are writing and growing within our writing? There is always that popularity and cult of attention that creeps up and people read because they feed our ego or like us and not always because the article was a home run.
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