Why am I doing this? I’ve learned to ask that question quite a bit lately. Maybe the question for you is something like:
Do we really need to continue this project?
Is this business strategy serving us well?
Why do we do it this way?
What purpose is being served by this event?
Am I spending my time on what I say is important to me?
It has served us well can be the death of learning and growing. Not that we need to fix things that aren’t broke, but complacency can keep you stuck.
Some of my thinking comes from Seth Godin’s book “The Dip”. When I read it a few years back, it really resonated with me. Why fight and claw you’re way when you have no chance of being the best or one of the best in your business or field? Why commit the resources to something that has run it’s course? Something that’s not remarkable. Maybe the best thing some organizations and businesses could do is quit. Nothing wrong with quitting something that doesn’t make sense any more. It’s noble.
I make a motion we disband can be a honorable thing to do versus continuing through a dip when the results don’t warrant the effort. I wish more people had the courage to call it quits. Not to throw in the towel. Not to walk away from obligations. By no means do I mean that. I mean realizing that a new business, new product, new service, new cause or new organization makes more sense than running from the inevitable. So say bye bye to the status quo and change direction while you still have momentum.
For me shifting to a minimalistic lifestyle is my change and in the process saying no to many more things that don’t align with my passions.