I choose to believe, walk and invest in the following principles in 2021:
Practice: Practice makes perfect as they say. Daily discipline is what will make me stand out from the crowd. My speed, agility, and knowledge will be determined by the constant exercise and effort invested in my daily tasks. Keeping my head above water means putting aside my emotions and keeping to the objective. In short: keep the focus.
Time:My time is a valuable commodity. Regardless of expertise, a specialist often time supersedes their peers in several factors. What makes a specialist great is not necessarily their gift as it may, but the time they invest. I’ll use my time wisely.
Tooling & Teachability : The tools I use are and will become better day by day. Whether I want this to be true or not. Training material and resources have also become more democratized as we enter a more open world. This means there is no longer an excuse for me not knowing or at least learning a new skill or toolset.
Marketing: In addition to my health, having a good posture and dressing for success says something about my self-worth. I am not a cave dweller from the 1980s that can eat as much as I can. Today I can kick the bad habit and make the best of my health.
Keeping an open mind . Silos simply do not work, they cause people to be disregarded and disbelieve in themselves. We might not all know everything and be the best at the job at hand. but we will always have something to add to the table from our experiences. My input to the team is valuable. People use the products I create. Today I choose to kick the pedestals and titles, become practical and ask the right questions!