Career thoughts - I had a recent conversation with my life coach and here's an analogy on what "ownership" actually means, that I resonate a lot with:
- Career thoughts - I had a recent conversation with my life coach and here's an analogy on what "ownership" actually means, that I resonate a lot with:
Each individual has a vision, which is built by their core values. At any given time, you're operating at a certain "level of commitment". Here goes the ranking, starting from the lowest level:1. Individual You don’t care about others. You live in your own world and do whatever you feel like doing that makes you feel good.2. Follower You follow what others do. You’re feeling and emotion driven. When you feel good about something, you’ll go ahead and do it, but when it goes sideways, you’ll shut down the pain and discomfort.3. The Involved This is the level of people that you start finding agreeable. They take actions but they’re not self-generated. Most of the time, they need a nudge to start doing something. This is also the level where one stays in their comfort zone, most of the time.4. The Immersed You’re aligned with the vision. You often have a burst of energy and make a big splash from time to time, but it’s also usually followed with fizzling. Failure distracts you and you often make excuses, e.g. “My pet needs taken care of”, “I don’t have enough time”5. Leader You are fully enrolled and inspired by the vision. You’ll say - “It’s up to me”, or “I’ll go first”. You always take measurable actions. Obstacle and failure is only to be reinterpreted or destroyed. You will not find excuse unless it’s under emergency.6. Source You, are the vision. You generate the source 24/7, and you never make excuses. I wrote a full article at cyan.coffee/level-of-commi…. Check it out!