I've always been one to focus on the end product. I don't want to control how we get there, I control the end product and give you freedom to figure out how you get there. This allows for ownership for both employee and employer.
How wrong I was, time to do a 180 and revisit my rational behind this ridiculous mindset I had been in!
Life should NOT be about the end product, you shouldn't focus in on the goal in the distant future, you should focus on the present. Should your goal when playing football be to win? Or should it be to play to the best of your abilities and show good sportsmanship and teamwork? Should your goal be profit for the company? Or should it be providing great connections with life-long customers and a reliable product? Should your life goal be to get married? Or should it be to stay close with loved ones and surround yourself with amazing support systems? Should a personal goal be to get rich? Or should it be to stay honest in the workplace, work hard, and be satisfied with your career?
Goals are not a bad thing, but I think that many times goals make us anxious to reach them, therefore we try to take shortcuts and in the end we get off path and our goal falls apart. Setting a goal for the future makes your path go to the goal, but as life happens many times our goals need to change, you should let your life lead you to a more generic goal like, happiness, not 3 kids, a Lincoln SUV, 6 bedroom house on the upper East side, successful husband, perfect manicure, and 100 pound Saint Bernard.
I have a recipe for these delicious toasted almond dark chocolate chip cookies! The first time I made them they were AMAZING, lot's of steps involved for a cookie, but everyone at work loved them! The second time I made them I didn't toast the almonds, I skipped sifting the dry ingredients, I ran out of vanilla, and I didn't refrigerate the dough as recommended. But, I basically had all the correct ingredients and when they were done they were still almond dark chocolate chip cookies! What a disappointment. They were not the delicious delicacy as I had tasted before. I had taken some shortcuts, just focused on the end goal, and was unsatisfied with the outcome. If I didn't have the energy and time to put into the delicacy cookie, I should have opted to make the more generic chocolate chip cookie.
This new realization that I have will reshape the structure of my very new department at adidas. Still going through a hard learning curve with this thing called "managing" I continue to push forward, stay honest with myself, and support my team in every way possible. But I admit always focusing on the end goal was a bit of a blooper. I need to help lay the groundwork for my team like a football coach. Then unleash them when it's game time and trust that we trained well and I helped build a strong playbook for them. Sorry in advance for the hiccup, and for the future hiccups, but I promise to admit when I screw up and promise to cut down on the managing bloopers.
Hailey Schultz
How wrong I was, time to do a 180 and revisit my rational behind this ridiculous mindset I had been in!
Life should NOT be about the end product, you shouldn't focus in on the goal in the distant future, you should focus on the present. Should your goal when playing football be to win? Or should it be to play to the best of your abilities and show good sportsmanship and teamwork? Should your goal be profit for the company? Or should it be providing great connections with life-long customers and a reliable product? Should your life goal be to get married? Or should it be to stay close with loved ones and surround yourself with amazing support systems? Should a personal goal be to get rich? Or should it be to stay honest in the workplace, work hard, and be satisfied with your career?
Goals are not a bad thing, but I think that many times goals make us anxious to reach them, therefore we try to take shortcuts and in the end we get off path and our goal falls apart. Setting a goal for the future makes your path go to the goal, but as life happens many times our goals need to change, you should let your life lead you to a more generic goal like, happiness, not 3 kids, a Lincoln SUV, 6 bedroom house on the upper East side, successful husband, perfect manicure, and 100 pound Saint Bernard.
I have a recipe for these delicious toasted almond dark chocolate chip cookies! The first time I made them they were AMAZING, lot's of steps involved for a cookie, but everyone at work loved them! The second time I made them I didn't toast the almonds, I skipped sifting the dry ingredients, I ran out of vanilla, and I didn't refrigerate the dough as recommended. But, I basically had all the correct ingredients and when they were done they were still almond dark chocolate chip cookies! What a disappointment. They were not the delicious delicacy as I had tasted before. I had taken some shortcuts, just focused on the end goal, and was unsatisfied with the outcome. If I didn't have the energy and time to put into the delicacy cookie, I should have opted to make the more generic chocolate chip cookie.
This new realization that I have will reshape the structure of my very new department at adidas. Still going through a hard learning curve with this thing called "managing" I continue to push forward, stay honest with myself, and support my team in every way possible. But I admit always focusing on the end goal was a bit of a blooper. I need to help lay the groundwork for my team like a football coach. Then unleash them when it's game time and trust that we trained well and I helped build a strong playbook for them. Sorry in advance for the hiccup, and for the future hiccups, but I promise to admit when I screw up and promise to cut down on the managing bloopers.
Hailey Schultz
