Monday Motivational

Greetings everyone-

This week’s story is inspired by a man named Tom and how his CEO realized grand visions.

The CEO explained, Tom I bet that each morning you feel motivated to clear emails instead of turning-around the factory or planning your future. That's because clearing emails gives you a 'tick', a sense of accomplishment, right away. While turning around the factory will take 5 years to give you just 1 'tick', and you will have nothing show for on a daily basis.

So naturally, we tend to prioritize ready 'ticks' over real 'tasks'.

The secret is to break down big tasks into little ticks. For example, to fix the factory: 
[v] Mon, draft a memo on top 3 things that will help the factory
[ ] Tue, type the memo
[ ] Wed, send the memo to Jack for his suggestions.. etc

This week, let us too create a tick-list of our real tasks. 

Have a great week everyone!

Sincerely,

Your friends at Credo

Weekly Motivation

Greetings everyone-

This week’s motivation is inspired by Laura’s failure at gymnastics.

Laura, 9 years old, was participating in her first gymnastics competition. She performed well in five different categories, but did not win a single medal that day. 
Her father could have said, "Laura, I think you were great today." Or, "Laura, I feel you deserved a medal today." 

But instead he said, "Laura, I know how you feel. It's so disappointing to have your hopes up and to perform your best but not to win. But you know, you haven't really earned it yet. There were many girls there who’ve been in gymnastics longer than you and who’ve worked a lot harder than you. If this is something you really want, then it's something you'll really have to work for." And Laura did put much more effort, winning medals in the next meet. 

This week, let's try to give 'honest feedback' that is really uplifting. 

Have a great week!

-Your friends at Credo

Mental Health Clinic Ribbon Cutting scheduled for May 19th

Monday Motivational

Greetings-

This week’s motivation comes from lessons on how to deal with criticism.

Julia was a PhD student at Stanford. After several years of work, she submitted her paper for publication. As due process, some months later she received 'reviews', that is, 10 single spaced pages criticizing her paper. Julia was crushed. She felt judged. Her work was flawed, and by extension so was she.

Her Professor suggested a change in mindset. She suggested, Julia it is the reviewer's job to critique. Your job is to rebut, refine and re-submit an improved version. This is not about you. It is not personal. It is just everyone doing their job. Suddenly, Julia felt enthused again. She came back strong to improve and defend her work. Her resubmission was accepted and proudly published.

This week, let us too learn how to 'fine-tune' our mindset when facing 10 pages of typed criticism!

Have a great week!

-Your friends at Credo