Focus on Learnings, Not Goals
At the start of this year, I was put in charge of starting a Growth team at my company. The role is very output focused as we can have a clear profit and loss pipeline attached to our team. Despite that, my goal wasn’t hit a number, it wasn’t to get a promotion either. My goal was to learn as much as a I can about this skill and grow as a leader. Six months in, and we’ve got a few wins under our belt, there’s strong momentum, and many leaders are excited by what our team can accomplish.
There were a few times when we were stagnating on our goal, and I could’ve been stressed and anxious about it. But since I was growing and learning so much, I had trust that eventually we’ll win. And that ended up happening.
Lately, instead of setting goals and and asking what I want to achieve, I’ve been reframing the question as, what do I want to learn?
The former is focused on outcomes, the latter is focused on inputs.
I can control what I learn and learning and growth will lead to success.