17a. Integrity with Self
Today I am in the midst of a large project I am producing, and my timeline is off.
Today is supposed to be the day that my promotion starts.
My team and I have produced all the materials that the speakers need for my event.
My speakers have it, and they get to decide when they are going to send it out within the next 10 days.
This promotional package is not done.
It is partly me, partly my team, and partly many things that I could start shifting attention on, but ultimately this project is mine and it sits with me.
So what do I do?
A part of me could get overwhelmed and let the project really get out of control, but I’ve never been someone to do that, especially when I have commitments made to things broader than myself.
But ultimately, if I don’t follow through and get resourceful, dig in and accomplish what I sent out to accomplish, my integrity with self is ultimately the biggest loser in this scenario.
My integrity takes the biggest hit.
Every time we allow ourselves to not follow through on the things that we said we would do, or we intended, we are weakening our integrity with ourselves.
That muscle is getting weaker.
So, what I have been enjoying this week, as the deadline was approaching and it looked as if I wasn’t going to hit the target on the date, is saying within myself, “I’m a finisher, and I do what it takes to do the best I can in every situation and get the job done.”
I learn along the way, when I don’t hit the mark perfectly, as well, just as I learn when I do hit the mark.
I’m focused today on where I go from here, not that I didn’t hit the date on time, but where I get to go from here.
If I have members of my team that aren’t fulfilling their roles to perfection, as well as me, what do I do from here?
I’m excited about the resourceful possibilities, about how this is going to get done, and how it starts with me (powerful).
It starts with me envisioning the steps that I need to take, that I get to take, to get my part of this project completed, and the communication that it can take to continue to engage my partners, so we can successfully get this done even if it’s not today, by tomorrow at the beginning of the day, so I’m only one day off versus seven days off.
I hope this helps.
We are constantly being given opportunities to be resourceful and solution-based thinkers.
If we stay in the problem, we can’t get into the solution.
So this morning I’m in the solution for setting a new deadline, and coming up to that deadline with resourcefulness, a great attitude, focused intentions on completion, and integrity with myself and the people around me.
Have a beautiful day.