I HATE the New Guy!

On this podcast episode of My Job Here Is Done, we tread lightly - sorry, no, we stomp on the heart of - that one thing that always has bugged you … about you. Everybody has one, or two or twelve character flaws. But today, we are going to try to narrow in on just the one biggest flaw. We call it your personal FUBAR or your own SNAFU. It’s the one thing that you’ve ignored, suppressed, denied, or feared all of your adult life. It’s holding you back, it won’t let you advance, it hurts inside and you might not even know why. In the end, you will need to figure it out someday, and the sooner the better. Ever listen to an old wise person who says something like this to you, “had I known that back then …?” That’s the sound of a person who wished they found their SNAFU much earlier. We think your personal SNAFU can be tackled and defeated if we change the game in our favor. Kelli and Dave talk about the exact right point in time to make a change so it sticks and is effective. In the podcast, you’ll hear that fixing the SNAFU problem is not about reinventing yourself, or taking a self-improvement class, or even trying to be a better version of yourself. Those are other challenges that can actually be improved on continuously - and you should be improving on them every day, No, the self-owned SNAFU needs proper timing and surgical precision to reverse. Speaking of timing, here are the three break-points we discuss: At the time you change your job position At the time you take on a job at a brand new company At the time you find yourself dealing with a life event We then talk about some common SNAFU’s such as fabricating the truth (lying), or purposely creating conflict or having to always have the last word. We offer some suggestions about how to identify your own SNAFU’s by reflecting on your past and focusing on changing things you are already aware of that need work. (you know what these things are) Also helpful is asking for feedback from people who know you well, or acting on the feedback that you received in the past and ignored. Once you figure out the one thing you want to work on, stay on track by checking in with yourself as part of your daily routine, identify if you were successful and congratulate yourself, and take pride in your progress. At the end of the day, you likely know exactly what you’d like to change but you resist for some reason, and usually that reason is that it’s not the right time to make a visible or palpable change. Take advantage of those few times when you DO have that opportunity and work on just one thing, the BIG thing you’ve always wished you could change. You’ll be glad you did and so will everyone else around you. Visit the My Job Here Is Done website to learn more, contact us, and sign-up for very infrequent non-spammy tidbits by email if you'd like. Thanks for listening! Dave and Kelli