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2021, week 36

Good morning!

In this 36th weekly digest, we talk about the rewarding experience of sharing ‘’work-in-progress’’ early and the importance of cultivating our ‘’reaction readiness’’ to better accept the unpredictability of our life. Enjoy!

I meet a lot of people who think: I should only show work that is good and meets my (internally high) bar. But doing the opposite tends to get you further.

1. Work-in-progress

‘’Counterintuitively, by appearing less “perfect” and more “works-in-progress”, the people who showed their work early and often earned more impact, respect, learnings, and promotions.’’ I’m learning this lesson very slowly and still struggle sometimes but I can’t agree more. It is so much more rewarding to show your ‘’work-in-progress’’ than waiting for the ‘’perfect-in-your-eyes work’’. In a recent Twitter’s thread, Julie Zhuo shares 5 reasons why it is so powerful. Faster execution, deeper feedback, process learnings, improved trust, team learnings. I will only add a personal disclaimer: as far as you don’t share your ‘’work-in-progress’’ only to let others find solutions and take responsibility for you, it should be a beneficial practice for everyone. See online

You can’t ever be sure the future will go the way you want. But you can usually be sure that when it fails to go the way you want, you’ll have the wherewithal to cope.

2. Wherewithal to cope

Your future will always be uncertain, unclear and unpredictable. The goal is not to build and lock yourself in a safety box. On the contrary, that’s the best way to make yourself even more vulnerable because you wipe out the only tool you can count on in an emergency situation: your ‘’readiness to react’’. We can’t have full control over what’s happening to us, that’s a fact. Even with the best will in the world, things don’t always go well. Therefore, we must cultivate our readiness to react to unexpected situations. Visualizing yourself resilient and confident in front of a hypothetical difficulty can help you build up your mindset awareness. Spare yourself the complaints and the bad mood, in those moments your energy is everything you have, save it to move forward. See online

Enjoy this issue and see you next week. Take care!