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Lessons I Have Learnt - Jo Ellen GrzybThe Times, Career Section 21st October 2004Jo Ellen Grzyb, Partner, Impact Factory 1. Take Risks. It’s no good getting to 80 and saying “oops”. The worst that can happen is that you will fail; the least is that you will have had an adventure and learned something new; the best is that you will succeed. 2. A career is part of life, not your whole life. Keep things in perspective so that work doesn’t rule you. 3. You aren’t superhuman. Own up to mistakes, show that you are vulnerable, ask for support. 4. Make a habit of noticing the good things other people do (even the little stuff), acknowledge and praise them. 5. Apologise, even if there are times when you know you aren’t in the wrong. A little humility goes a long way. 6. Deal with difficulties as they arise. Problems don’t fix themselves, and if you deal with them as quickly as possible, they don’t have a chance to grow into unmanageable monsters. 7. Challenge the status quo. Work patterns and habits can grow stale. 8. There’s always something else to learn. A lot of successful people have gurus, advisors and mentors. Personal development means that you are challenging your own status quo. 9. Work is a community, not a family, and it’s important to establish fellowship and connections with all the people in your community and to be tolerant of quirks and idiosyncrasies. 10. Adopt a motto. Maya Angelou said that life wasn’t about surviving, but thriving, “with passion, compassion humour and style”. That’s a terrific motto to adopt and makes work (and life) a more enjoyable place to be.
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