Getting Unstuck - Ayelet Baron

Making A Dent in the UniverseIntegrityYou need to unleash your ability to connect with people. Is listening just as important as talking? I remember when I was on yet another conference call and we only had 20-­‐minutes leQ and the person "presen;ng" was s;ll talking at us. I politely (well, as best as I could) interrupted him: "It was great that you sent your slides yesterday. I had a chance to review them and to respect everyone's ;me, I was hoping we could have a discussion and a plan of ac;on." His response: "Well, just let me get through the rest of my 17 slides and then I'll get to your ques;ons." Now wasn't that a missed opportunity? Haven't the PowerPoint and Outlook (or any other email pla|orm) monsters taken over our lives? It look a long ;me for this guy to get back on my calendar because I wanted to work with people who wanted to move to ac;on by iden;fying the problem and then working to solve it — not just making preNy slides and talking about them. You have to pay the rent. You have to make money. You need to find ways to fund your ability to make a dent in the universe. The resistance doesn’t want you to make a dent and tries to neuter you by crea;ng doubt. I can't tell you how many people have asked me" "But, Ayelet, aren't you scared?" And they are always shocked and some;mes even inspired that I am not spending my energy worrying. And of course, I need to pay my bills and I know I will. At the end of the day there is nothing more valuable than our integrity, both in everyday life and in business.And it also helped to open my mind to knowing that by connec;ng with people who care more about what I do than the money, I will be just fine. What I learned is that the faster you can race to the service or product you want to offer, the faster the market will embrace you. What are you willing to let go of to make your dent? What do you want to unleash?Photo: Claire Thwaites"Your time is limited, so don't waste it livingsomeone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma- which is living with the results of otherpeople's thinking. Don't let the noise of others'opinions drown out your own inner voice. Andmost important, have the courage to follow yourheart and intuition."— Steve JobsGetting Unstuck48