There are many ways to do fine work. One approach is to start by clarifying the desired results. It is then to have the drive to keep developing and deliver the desired results.
This is an approach you can use in your own life. It is also one that you can use when helping a person to work towards achieving their personal or professional goals.
Different people follow this approach when pursuing different activities. Whatever their goal, however, this often involves focusing on the following themes.
Desired Results
Let’s assume that you want to pursue a certain activity. You may aim to encourage a person, teach a class, do a creative project, lead a team or do a piece of work.
The first steps will be: a) to clarify the results you want to achieve; b) to clarify how you can do your best to achieve these desired results. This often involves exploring the following themes.
What is the activity or piece of work I want to do? What are the real results I want to achieve? What is the picture of success? What are the strategies I can follow to do my best to achieve these results?
Imagine that you want to do a certain activity. If you wish, try tackling the following exercise that invites to you clarify your goals and the strategies you want to follow.
Here is the exercise on these themes. This invites you to complete the following sentences.
Drive
Imagine that you have clarified the results you want to achieve. On a scale 0-10, how high would you rate your motivation to do what is required to deliver the goods?
Great workers do their due diligence before doing a piece of work. This includes clarifying the pluses and minuses involved in reaching the goal. Bearing these in mind, you may want to explore the following themes.
What is the activity I want to pursue? What will be the potential pluses involved in working towards and achieving the goal? What may be the potential minuses?
How can I build on the pluses and manage any minuses? Bearing these in mind, on a scale 0-10 how motivated am I to do what is required to reach the goal? How can I make sure it is at least 8+/10?
If you wish, try tackling the exercise on this theme. This invites you to complete the following sentences.
Let’s assume that you have decided to do the piece of work. You will then move into action. Sometimes this can also involve focusing on the following theme.
Development
Imagine that you are pursuing your chosen strategies. You will then aim to get some early successes and keep doing superb work. You may also aim to find solutions to challenges on the way towards achieving success.
Great workers also aim to keep developing by continuing to focus on desired results. They then aim: a) to build on what they are doing well; b) to focus on what they can do better; c) to translate these ideas into action.
If you wish, try tackling the exercise on this theme. This invites you to complete the following sentences.
Desired Results
Imagine that you are continuing to do superb work and developing along the way. The final step will be to finish properly and deliver the desired results. One approach is to explore the following questions.
How can I continue to do superb work? How can I build on what is working and tackle areas for improvement? How can I follow my successful pattern for finishing?
Looking back, when have I finished something successfully? What did I do right then? What were the principles I followed? How can I follow similar principles – plus maybe add other skills – to finish the present activity successfully?
How can I keep following good habits? How can flow, focus and finish? How can I do my best to deliver the desired results? How can I add that touch of class?
If you wish, try tackling the final exercise on this theme. This invites you to complete the following sentences.
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