Giving It Time
Ryan Kauth
business ownership advocate | university lecturer | business coach | fractional executive | podcast host | facilitator
In two client meetings this week, the client said this phrase: "giving it time." While I made note of it for this newsletter, I also knew that we had to discuss what that actually meant.
"Maybe giving it time will ________."
"If we just give it time..."
And I am sure you have some ideas of when this phrase pops up in your own conversations, perhaps recent ones given the end of the calendar year, the holiday season, etc.
But what does it look like to "give it time"?
When I searched for photos using "giving it time" as the criteria, all the photos involved at least two people. All of them. For these photographers, giving it time meant spending time with others.
I don't think that's a coincidence. I can recall hearing "giving it time" to describing something baking, a branding campaign, or someone to make a recognizable change in their behavior. I don't ever recall it involving people spending time with each other.
And that led me to rethinking what "giving it time" actually means. When you give something or someone time, you do spend time with it. It could be leisurely time, or it could be a serious conversation that drains you. Either way, "giving it time" involves a calendared effort to accomplish something with someone else. Without that influence, will anything change?
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Bottom line: "giving it time" is a way to say "I am patiently expecting a change as a result of something I/we designed and planned. When do you do "give it time," make sure you are involving more than just you to develop a relationship with that family member, friend, co-worker, or client.
What do you think? What does "giving it time" means to you? Drop a comment below.
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Ryan Kauth
Ryan Kauth is a business coach , university lecturer, and business ownership advocate. That means his passion lies in helping anyone become a business owner. You can book a no-cost 30-minute transformation call (virtual meeting) to talk about it.
Organizational Support Specialist, Project Management
11 个月Knowing when to stay "giving it time". For me, I needed to give myself the time to decide if the benefits of pursuing an entrepreneurship outweighed the costs. It's taken me far too long to decide that I want and need to use my entrepreneurial skills and to let go of the daily grind of submitting dozens of applications a week that were getting me nowhere. But now that I've committed to my business, I find others are willing to jump on board and support my efforts; family, friends, and clients. "Giving it time" can be a double edged sword. For me, the longer I was "giving it time" the more mired I became in my own indecisiveness. Now I am at least moving forward which is far better than where I have found myself these past 2 years. Ironically, I'm now able to see many more opportunities where before I saw only roadblocks.
Lecturer at UW-Green Bay
11 个月If giving it time means accomplishing a goal, you need to be clear about what the goal is what your implementation process is to gain that goal. everything flexes, and if giving it time means that you’re moving forward more slowly than anticipated, then give it time, or understand what the issues were, and make the adjustments, both of them need “time”.