Camille D. Jamerson, C.E.M®CEO & Senior Principal Consultant, CDJ & Associates · Executive Advisor | Chief of Staff | Strategy, Operations & Communications Leader | Crisis & Organizational Transformation

Mogul Moments with CDJ S1 EP2 "What's the worst that can happen?"

11 Mar 2019 · 2 min

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CDJ argues that fear of mistakes paralyzes people from taking action. His strategy: imagine the worst outcome, make a plan to handle it, then move forward. Preparing for the worst bridges the gap between fear and action.

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Hey, you know what I was thinking? You know something that's extremely immobilizing, something that can cause you to stop in your tracks? It's that underlying fear of making a mistake. And unfortunately, that fear can paralyze you into doing anything at all. So what I would say to you in this mogul moment is to combat that, a strategy would be to think of the worst-case scenario in advance. Think about what's the worst that could happen. If I do X, Y, and Z, what's the worst thing that can happen? And then make a plan for dealing with whatever that thing is, right? And then move forward with your decision because now you can move forward with the confidence of knowing that, okay, if the worst case scenario happens, I already got a plan to manage that. And if something happens, um, in between the worst case scenario and the best case scenario, you know that you have the ability to manage that as well. So I would challenge you to think about what your big, hairy, audacious goal is and whatever that fear is that's holding you back and make a plan for that fear if it should happen and then move forward. Make a plan for it, plan in advance, and move forward. You can do it, it's just a thing you got to do.