Performance Gaps, Energy, and Expectations
Most business plans solidify the intent to close the gap. This gap exists between where they are today and where they want to be at the next checkpoint. What are your performance gaps and are your expectations compelling enough to keep you moving?
Some of the hardest working people are not content. In fact, being content or comfortable is likely one of the best ways to be left behind.
On The Move
There are people striving to close their gap, the empty spaces on their grades transcript, or the gap in their salary that has existed since before they took the job. Still others are working to close the gap between the car, the house, or high priced luxury item they have been dreaming about for years.
Establishing the gap, the understanding that one exists in the first place, is what sets most people apart. It is not about weakness, it is actually about strength.
It doesn’t require nearly as much energy to sit on the sidelines and watch when compared with the energy expended by those on the field.
You are going to need a lot of energy to play on the field. Your performance gaps can become either your fuel or your obstacle. You can build a bridge to close the gap, or sit on the side looking across insisting you can’t get there.
Performance Gaps and Energy
Most overnight successes really aren’t that, they just look that way. The difference for some exists in how they use their energy.
Here is the real difference. Many people believe that they have to push harder, but the most successful people aren’t pushing, they are being pulled.
They use their energy differently, they are compelled and drawn towards the other side, the gap is inspirational not exhausting.
Sure, they’ll work until they drop, but the next day they can’t wait to get started again.
It is a new day, are you going to look at the gap and wonder, or get pulled towards the other side?
– DEG
Dennis E. Gilbert is a business consultant, speaker (CSPTM), and corporate trainer that specializes in helping businesses and individuals accelerate their leadership, their team, and their success. He is a five-time author and some of his work includes, #CustServ The Customer Service Culture, and Forgotten Respect, Navigating A Multigenerational Workforce. Reach him through his website at Dennis-Gilbert.com or by calling +1 646.546.5553.
