Do Something Different

The quote of the day is: "If you always do what you've done, you'll always get what you've got".

My friends often get so tired of me and this particular quote. But it's one I've learned to live by (trust me this was not an overnight revelation). So many times we say to ourselves and to those around us, "I keep working, but I can't seem to make things happen". But HOW are you working?

Are you working at the exact same thing? And when you do this, you come up with the same result, right? Maybe it's time to try something different... Say, you're on your job and you have wanted to get a promotion. You are doing your job. Exactly the way they have told you for x amount of years. You come in on time, you're never late coming back from lunch and all of your tasks are done at the end of the day. Why is it not happening???

Well maybe the work you are doing is excellent for your position, and that's why you are still in it. Maybe if you came in early, stayed a little late, took on more responsibility or learned a new skill... That's different isn't it? Maybe that difference is what they are looking for to consider you for something greater. Or maybe you need to look elsewhere (I know in this economy that's not always a viable option).

The point is, you know what your outcome is going to be if you keep doing things the way you've always done them. It may take just doing something a little different, to create a big change.

With Sweet Goodness,
S