Pre-Job Brief Mastery

#6 Clarity Arises From Action

"It is not in the still calm of life, or in the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed. The habits of a vigorous mind are formed in contending with difficulties." Abigail Adams

Sitting in an online training, it’s easy to look at the habit you want to create and think, “This is easy. I got this.” But in the real world as you interact with other people, manage complicated days, and complete countless tasks, the reality can be much different. Sometimes we encounter difficulties, objections, and resistance that make it difficult to follow through. Sometimes we get off track and forget why this habit was so important to begin with.

Creating a new habit is like learning to ride a bike. Sure, someone told you how to ride a bike. They told you to hold the handle bars straight and peddle quickly. But you didn’t learn to ride a bike until you did it. That’s when your brain and body learned about balance and how to use your momentum. That’s when you built neural pathways so that even if it’s been years since you’ve ridden a bike, you can pick right up where you left off.

The same will be true for this new habit. In the beginning it can be awkward and weird, but that’s how you learn. Clarity arises from action.

Pay attention to how it went and how people responded to you, and you’ll find your balance with asking more questions and involving more people in your pre-job brief. Each action you take to create this new habit... each discovery you make about what works and why... each realization of what doesn’t work… each action creates a little more clarity. Right now, you’re learning. Over the course of the challenge, you will discover how to an interactive pre-job brief works for YOU.

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