Simon Sinek says you can't expect employees to feel motivated every single day. Instead, strong teams cover for each other's dips by leaning on complementary strengths and personalities. The best units, military and corporate alike, practice constant improvement and bounce back fast from mistakes.
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I don't think we can create an organization where everyone, every day is motivated and enthusiastic. That's like, we love our children every day, but we don't like our children every day. You know, it's like we can love our work every day. We don't have to like it every day. We can be inspired at work every day. We don't have to be motivated at work every day. You know, there are other things that are factors in our lives. And so I think the most important thing is that it is a team, because no team is operating with every player at the highest level. Every moment of every day, it sort of goes like this. You know, it's like any kind of relationship where we, when, if, if one person is, is struggling for whatever reason that the other players can come in to, to hold them up and, and, and help compensate for any work that needs to get done. And, and it. And you lean on each other. And that's what makes it flawless. It's the fluidity of being able to lean on each other. And the relationships are so good and we start to understand each other, that we know when I can stand and we also know when I each other's strengths and weaknesses. So we know who to plug in because somebody's better at this. This has happened to me where even just as a leader, my personality, I'm not getting through to somebody on my team. They're just not listening to me. But it's my personality. And so instead of me just doing the same thing over and over again, I'll ask somebody else to fill in because their personality might work a lot better. And it works a lot of the times. So I think it's that ability to, to understand that this is a team, this is a team, this is a team at all times. It is a team that keeps the inspiration and the desire to come to work really high. I imagine a world in which the vast majority of people wake up inspired, feel safe wherever they are, and end the day fulfilled by the work that they do. It is an ideal. I know that we will never get there, but we will die trying. That's the point. And so I have met many units within the military and many units that have failed where they are more advanced towards that vision than others. The same in the corporate world. There are some companies that are way, way more advanced in that vision than others. And I think what's most important is the constant striving. We talked before about understanding the infinite game by understanding the idea of constant improvement. And the ones that are making the greatest headways. It's not that they get everything right and make every right decision. They absolutely do not. It's how they deal with when they make bad decisions or how they deal with it when they get pushed back on their heels. And the idea of constantly improving and accepting that this is a moment in time. Now let's move forward. Those are the ones that I admire.
