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Better Never Rests

15 October, 2011 by James Lawther Leave a Comment

If you spent all your time looking back at what you had achieved, it would be easy to become complacent, to sit back, to rest on your laurels.

If you spent all your time looking ahead at what you have to achieve, it would be easy to become disheartened, to lose confidence, to give up.

Performance management is a little like walking up a mountain:

  • Sometimes you need to press on, step up and keep your eye on the peak in front of you.
  • Sometimes you need to stop, sit down and catch the view behind you.

If you only ever take one approach will you succeed?  It certainly won’t be easy.

Better never rests, but sometimes it does need a change of view.

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James Lawther
James Lawther

James Lawther is a middle-aged, middle manager.

To reach this highly elevated position he has worked in numerous industries, from supermarket retailing to tax collecting.  He has had several operational roles, including running the night shift in a frozen pea packing factory and carrying out operational research for a credit card company.

As you can see from his C.V. he has either a wealth of experience or is incapable of holding down a job.  If the latter is true this post isn’t worth a minute of your attention.

Unfortunately, the only way to find out is to read it and decide for yourself.

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