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It’s so easy to take what we do for granted and when we look to others for help it can be even harder to acknowledge what they can do for us. Change doesn’t happen overnight. Often, Ben, Fiona, or Laura will ask:
‘any WINS?’
To many, this may translate as:
‘have you landed that killer contract yet?’
And perhaps that is your ‘WHY’. Certainly, it’s a goal, but sometimes it’s best to take a step back and reflect on the small wins. Every incremental step you take on your journey, no matter how small, is a win.
Ridiculous and preposterous as it may seem, a small win for me was to cut my hair, take a photo of myself and post myself on LinkedIn. The shame of it all, a man nearing his midlife point, starting at zero.
But that’s the beauty of it; that’s the beauty of being part of the portfolio-collective community. It’s a level playing field. Sure, there may be high flying CEO’s and seasoned professionals who have been there and earnt the t-shirt,…
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steven reader – Stacking up the small wins is a great outlook and the chance to start at zero is a strong point of view. However, sometimes I prefer to think I am the sum of all my failures, or at least the ones I have learnt from. The projects or jobs that didn’t quite work but have ingrained a lesson-learnt. Build on these in a new direction and combined with the TPC support team – the world is your oyster!
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I love this so much Steven!! Going into the new year it’s such a refreshing reminder of how great this community is. Cant wait to catch up with everyone in 2021
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Spot on pal
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Wow! Just listened to a Ben Legg podcast on 40 minute mentor. It’s not my style to be a sycophant, but sometimes you just have to stand in awe. I’m not quite sure what the army did to him in Bosnia, but it’s like he’s wired- literally! If my brain has become tuned to an 80mph thrill ride in the family SUV, then Ben’s just lapped me several times over in his F1 car. It’s insane just how quickly he articulates. Every word counts; there is no waffle. It’s like his brain is on speed. I just wonder if he ever switches off and recharges, or is he a prototype for the next Tesla human battery?!
It now makes sense why the catapult course is so intense. I’ve read all the biographies of the great entrepreneurs, but I’ve never been as inspired by a podcast.
One thing I have noticed about successful people is that, without diminishing their genius, they do seem to have a higher entity which follows them through life and joins the dots. Ben…
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Thanks to your post Steve, I’ve just listened to it on my morning cycle and loved it too. @Ben it would be so cool to hear you on a podcast or article about people trying to go from ’zero to somewhere’ ie. peeps who don’t have a great stack of prior professional positions at bigco, or an amazing network or a fab set of qualifications. Would you be the one to have advice for them?
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That’s a tough question Sarah Hughes. As a kid I was quite driven in terms of academics, collecting trophies, reading biographies and aiming high. So maybe someone who drifted for a while then found their purpose later in life would offer a better personal story. For me the driving force is that everywhere I look I see opportunities for improvement – in myself, in society, in government, in The Portfolio Collective – and I can’t bear to see those opportunities going unaddress…
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I am with you on the improvement compulsion Ben (though I am probably down a gear)! For the people who need a leg up, or who are late bloomers, it would be amazing to get them some stories of how it all came together, and how to go from zero to somewhere. Do you have any thoughts on where to find them? The reason I ask is that I know from some young entrepreneurs I have mentored that they don’t feel like entrepreneurs, they don’t know where their ’tribe’ is, and when they…
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We will find some examples Sarah Hughes – I have added it to our content roadmap for articles or podcasts
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I have just published my 1st ever LinkedIn article 😀
Thank you Jenny Collins for leading the way and inspiring, and Jane O'Sullivan for creating a whole module on LinkedIn and mentoring!
I would be very grateful to all of your for your support if you could please like, comment and share. Its a topic I am super passionate about and I am keen to raise awareness.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/future-work-flexible-portfolio-silvia-jansk%25C3%25A1
I love this steven reader, thanks for sharing your very honest insight with the community. I am sure that feeling of ”wins of different sizes”, will resonate with many of our members. Every Thursday the TPC team share their win of the week, this could well be mine
. No Lexi Radcliffe-Hart, you cant steal mine!!