A 6-Word Story:
Advancing too quickly at your company
It sounds crazy, to the average person working at their mundane job, how could you ever devote so much of your life to “work”? The concept seems foreign. Almost like when little kids are excited to go to school, but then at some point in their education, they decide that school is annoying or boring. For some kids, they overcome this geist of hating school, and absorbing it for what it is. If you’re smart, you progress with confidence and skills that are now proven to outpace the other humans around you. The notion that you’re not achieving enough, that you’re “unambitious, phone-addicts” that “demand" so much from our employer.
The miscommunication is that not all Millennials are overly demanding and self-absorbed grown babies that have been given “everything” in life. They do not expect to have everything handed to them, there is a level of confidence that exists in highly affluent social institutions. When you’re at work, specifically, a person begins to measure themselves against the people around them.
That has been the driving force for some young 20-somethings. They have fought against this inaccuracy and turned it on it’s face by leading their true destiny in the exact, tailored way they wanted to see it laid out in an ideal world.
Uncompromising is a better term; wanting and “expecting" to have your basic needs met, open-mindedness in situations involving other people, striving for (and accepting nothing less than) perfection, setting the right expectation, influencing others to do the same, and helping change the course of history with just a thought and execution.
If someone is Uncompromising, they are a killer: it will kill the negativity, miscommunications, and inefficiencies that plague the majority of the working population. What is commonly seen, especially in organizations that like to keep the status quo, these Uncompromising Millennials stir-the-pot, challenging the processes and reasons behind the work that they are doing.
People have been specializing in their trade since Human’s were hunters and gatherers. They take a moment to think about the things they like to do. The wonder of it all is that with greater understanding and willingness to change as a People at large, we are able to create this reality, we have the power to make things better, just like those in positions now also have the freedom to make it toxic. At the end of the day, it comes down to waiting out the will of the other person, so you can continue perfecting their craft until they eventually move on.
Vikings were the most skilled warriors, they sat on the sides of cliffs to prepare for battle, picturing the events and moves in their mind, mental preparedness and bracing for the wave that might bury you, or take you closer to land. When you lay your tools out on the table in front of you, there is a better understanding of what you can use to conquer your mountain, your career, your Life.
What are you supposed to do when you are mentally prepared to handle the next step, looking at the leap from the ground can be daunting. The truth is that either 1 of 2 things will happen: you will rise to the challenge and fail, or your will rise and succeed. If you fail, there may be a chance to improve until you succeed.
Redefine Failure and Redefine Success
The known saying goes “you create your bad day” - I made that up, but you know what I mean.
If you’re in a bad mood, and you choose to stay in that bad aura, you will feel.. bad.
There’s no easy way to say this, “no one owes you anything”
Everyone has their own life, and you need to accept the fact that people will only look out for themselves when it comes to saving their own life. In any aspect you look at it, people will do what is in their best interest, which is smart, that’s how you survive as a human. In the case of more advanced emotions and sales, there is an interesting shift in energy.
You have to empathize with the person you’re selling to, if you can feel their pain, that is a wonderful ability and such a powerful position to have with someone. If you can reach their heart, you are connecting with them in a way that changes their life for the better. You have to detach yourself from yourself. You have to believe that their best interest is your best interest too.. for a limited period of time.
When acting on those requests and activities, your own best interest is what is driving this relationship - in consulting, you are the person they want to get to know, they need to have security in the fact that you know what you’re talking about and will act on their behalf. That is the very essence of what it means to be a Salesperson/Advisor. You are influencing people based on your presentation and the attention paid to making sure the customer knows you are in this fight with them in order for their best interest to be satisfied.
