{"id":572,"date":"2020-08-13T12:40:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T16:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/ccim\/?p=572"},"modified":"2022-12-05T16:35:16","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T21:35:16","slug":"how-to-succeed-from-anywhere-karen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/ccim\/2020\/08\/13\/how-to-succeed-from-anywhere-karen\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Succeed from Anywhere"},"content":{"rendered":"

For me, success always looked like something external. Something \u201cout there\u201d, reserved for someone else. Maybe it was getting all A\u2019s, money, or job title, or perhaps what looked like the \u201cperfect life\u201d (whatever that is, I\u2019m still not sure). But it was always something just out of reach, and always on a timeline. Or a deadline. Or both. Then the pandemic happened. And now we are all working (and studying) from home.\u00a0 Sometimes it feels like life is on hold.<\/p>\n

Can you relate?<\/p>\n

The good news is it\u2019s never too late to make a change and become a student of success.\u00a0 Here\u2019s my study guide to help you prepare for your next success test.\u00a0 Because opportunities are all around us.<\/p>\n

\"Karen

Karen Mangia in her home office.<\/p><\/div>\n

Our expected timeline for success is almost always wrong.<\/h3>\n

We think success is linear, following a pattern, the result of hard work. And success is scheduled to show up on Thursday at 4:00pm. Then life happens. Your appointment with success gets moved up, or moved out, or moved onto someone else\u2019s calendar.<\/p>\n

Success doesn\u2019t always come in a sequence.<\/h3>\n

When we let go of our preconceptions about what success looks like, that\u2019s when we see it. When success is free to show up in whatever order and at whatever time \u2013 even unannounced \u2013 that\u2019s when it is most welcome.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what I discovered early in the pandemic when I was on a deadline for my second book –\u00a0Listen Up!: How to Tune in To Customers, And Turn Down the Noise<\/a>. I called my publisher to check on the manuscript. We started chatting about the new normal, and I shared how I was deeply involved in the Work from Home Taskforce at my job. “Working from home?” she said. “How would you like to write a book on that subject?”<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s how the world\u2019s biggest publisher of business books pitched me on my latest book idea:\u00a0 Working From Home: Making the New Normal Work For You<\/a>. Does that story sound impossible? I thought so, too – except it all became real when I brought two words into the conversation\u2026.<\/p>\n

Two words invite success.<\/h3>\n

There are two words that have really opened me up to new possibilities (like writing two books at once). Two words that have helped me to see beyond my own thinking.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy not?\u201d<\/p>\n

The first step in conquering the impossible, I have found, is a change in perspective. Want to get better grades?\u00a0 Want to redesign your work-from-home world?\u00a0 Don\u2019t think about why you can\u2019t do it. Ask yourself, why not?\u00a0 Want to advance your career, make an impact, find a new job or (let\u2019s go big) fall in love again?\u00a0 Right out of the gate, I bet you\u2019re telling yourself a story that doesn\u2019t have a happy ending.\u00a0 How would it feel to release that story and replace it with two simple words. Why not?<\/p>\n

Two words limit success.<\/h3>\n

Have you ever said or heard these phrases before?<\/p>\n