A Five-Step Framework For Superior Work Performance

<p>You perform better than the vast majority of people if you avoid these common&nbsp;<strong>mistakes</strong>:</p> <ul> <li>Forget to ask yourself and your team: What is our goal?</li> <li>Pick the first idea that comes to mind for solving the problem</li> <li>Limit your ideation to three ideas</li> <li>Get stuck in the selection phase, without executing to learn</li> <li>Sticking to a path without assessing it along the way</li> </ul> <p>This post shows you exactly how to avoid those.</p> <p>It&rsquo;s just five, simple steps.</p> <p>But A-players memorize those steps and apply them rigorously.</p> <p>I use these five steps for everything from my larger career goals to smaller day-to-day tasks.</p> <h1>1. Set your goal</h1> <p>If you don&rsquo;t know where you&rsquo;re going and why, nothing else matters.</p> <h2>Apply it</h2> <p><strong>At work</strong>: Which business<em>&nbsp;outcomes</em>&nbsp;are you driving? Increased retention? Increased customer satisfaction?</p> <p><strong>In life</strong>: What do you truly value?</p> <h1>2. Ideate</h1> <p><em>&ldquo;You all love &lsquo;idea&rsquo; in singular, not &lsquo;ideas&rsquo; in plural&rdquo;&nbsp;</em>said my entrepreneurship instructor at Stanford.</p> <p><a href="https://betterhumans.pub/a-five-step-framework-for-superior-work-performance-e341b6b44217"><strong>Learn More</strong></a></p>