Look Beyond Your Yesterday
Michael Malinowsky
Technical Recruiter and Mentor Guiding You to Career Success | Military Programs Lead | Certified Recruiter & Sourcing Pro | ??? Advocate for Veterans & Spouses
Let’s talk about yesterday and today.? What do I mean by that?? In his book “Leadershift”, John C. Maxwell stated that We must “VALUE YESTERDAY BUT LIVE IN TODAY” (2019).? Babe ruth has been rumored to say, “Yesterday’s homerun doesn’t win today’s game.”? This is a quote that we should all commit to memory.? Recruiting is all about living for today, not focusing on yesterday.? Our past looks good, but our future is what we need to focus on.? As we all know, this job is just that way.? We can go from being a hero, to a zero overnight.?
There is good and bad that happens each and every day in our life.? What we focus on is solely dependent on us.? We all have had something happen in the past that has negatively affected us.? Many times, we continue to focus on that one thing and let it dictate how we see the present and the future.? Today does not have to be a bad day.? Choose to make it good!?
Maxwell (2019) also stated, “People may honor you for what you did yesterday, but they respect you for what you’re doing now.”? We have all been honored for something we have accomplished in the past, but we are respected for what we are doing now.? Yesterday’s reputation will only take you so far.? All of us have heard the saying, your reputation precedes you.? It is your choice on whether the reputation that precedes you is good or bad.? People will see the positive things and many times focus on the negative.? You should be striving to outweigh the negative with positive impacts.?
Ask yourself these questions today.? How is my reputation?? Am I known for more good than bad?? What, if any, are the accomplishments or non-achievements that I allow to influence my daily life now?? Am I resting on my past reputation or focusing on the reputation that I am building now??
Always strive to be better today than you were yesterday.? Do not allow yesterday or your past to dictate your future.?
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References
Maxwell, John C. Leadershift: The 11 Essential Changes Every Leader Must Embrace. HarperCollins Leadership, 2019.
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