Results mindset

There are certain key mindsets that support you in success at work.

You probably have a few that you rely on regularly.

And if you’re really effective, you likely bring a results mindset to everything you put your hand to.

When you have a focus on results, you focus on only the activities that contribute to results.

In economics, causation is the phenomenon of isolating a true cause-effect relationship.

It requires an ability to strip away random confounding variables that only serve as noise.

At work, you’ll likely admit, there are a lot of confounding variables.

But the results-oriented individual has an intuitive sense for not only how to achieve results, but also what activities to avoid that might get in the way of achieving results.

Being results-oriented produces both a tenaciousness and extremely low tolerance for confounding variables.

This might sound straightforward, and it would be if we all operated in simple environments, but today’s world of work is rather complex.

Most work gets done with human beings, and human beings are complex.

Being able to produce results requires tremendous skill in navigating relationships, being influential, knowing what matters to others, negotiating, and using conflict not as a roadblock but as an opportunity.

It requires strategic thinking, a strong respect for emerging information, and an ability to pivot.

And all of this is needed in addition to your subject matter expertise.

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When you think about a desired result you’re pursuing, what are all the factors that have to work together to contribute to that result?

And how are you ruthlessly eliminating the ones that get in the way?

Love,

Audrey