Watch out for micro-stories. Micro-stories are those one or two sentence stories we tell ourselves about some aspect of our lives. Most people aren’t even aware they have these micro-stories. They also aren’t aware of how often they share these stories. “I would totally exercise, but I am just too busy.” “I’ve tried everything, it won’t work.” “My boss doesn’t get what I am trying to do here.” Micro-stories have an unequaled power to stop us in our tracks. It might be a correct story, but what if it wasn’t? What would happen if we just stopped telling that story?
With your teams, don’t get out of the way, do this instead
"Get out of the way!" I often hear some version of this sentiment when talking about building a culture to incentivize high performance teams. "You have to find the right people, equip them, and then get out of the way." People who talk about getting out of the way...