Get-to-do. Not have-to
“….Turn your have-to-do activities into get-to-do activities…..If you think about it, most of our activities are really opportunities that we’ve lost our gratitude for. We think of work as something we ‘have to’ go do, but when we first got the job, we thanked our lucky stars that we ‘got to’ have this career opportunity.” – Tim Sanders
This post is probably one of my favorites to date from Tim Sanders. As a recruiter for the architecture and engineering industry I have seen many good people let this type of mentality burn them out. However, the people who have the mind-set of tomorrow is another day will continue to be successful.
It always amazes me when somebody complains about a long list of to-do, or a long list of responsibilities, or that they have to-do something different. If those people want compadres in their list of complains, they can head over the the unemployment line and see how far they get.
