Why Wait?
I had a person yesterday morning say to me, “Boy, you sure don’t wait around!” This was in response to a conversation we were having that resulted in needing to ask another person a question and I just picked up my phone and called that person and put them on speaker. One thing I have learned over the years is the more I do things immediately, like making a call, the better things turn out. This is especially true with difficult conversations. My theory is, why wait?
In yesterday’s context the conversation was not a difficult one, just one that it sped things up to get the answer right then. I hate it in meetings when someone says, “Let’s take that offline.” No! Let’s get it handled right now. Basically, I am a “get things done” person. Those that know me know I will a lot of times say, “Let’s do something, even if it’s wrong.” Now I know that is not always the best approach, but think about all the times when you or a group kept talking about something and the window of opportunity closed and passed you by.
A lot of times we put off difficult conversations, but what I have found is that is best just to get them done. I say this because many times the conversations don’t turn out to be as bad as we think they will be. Therefore, it is best to get those conversations done and over with so they are not hanging over our heads and stressing us out. This is what Brian Tracy called “eating the frog.” Tracy taught us that when we have a big challenge to go ahead and get it out of the way first. In other words, don’t wait around; get it done.
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