“80 Percent of Success Is Just Showing Up” - Woody Allen
So the thought occurs to me that Woody may have been on to something, as I sit alone 30 minutes after a meeting was supposed to start. Thirrty minutes alone in a room with my laptop. I for the most part have cherished this time of quiet, and have put it to good use.
This, though, while the thought was hot, is also a good use.
So much of what makes an organization whole and functioning boils down to basics like showing up. Before moving on to the more demanding aspects of showing up, like having something to say, it’s often important to revisit these basic tenets of business.
Working with technology, and providing a service to clients is difficult to do when clients don’t show up. It says nothing about the technology, and everything about the people in the organization, from the leadership down the chain.
As part of the chain, then, what can you or I for that matter do to fix these problems?
Continue showing up.
Continue to care and work hard and dedicate yourself.
Sooner or later others will catch on, or, you’ll move on.
There are always miles and miles of improvement to be made in areas like self discipline, being the best and most knowledgeable in your field, so that when they DO show up, you’ll have intelligent, cohesive solutions to their problems - which most likely were never technology problems to begin with.