It's not how good you are, it's how good you want to be (Part 5)

DO NOT COVET YOUR IDEAS

Give away everything you know, and more will come back to you

 

You will remember from school other students preventing you from seeing their answers by placing their arm around their exercise book or exam-paper. It is the same at work, people are secretive with ideas. "Don't tell them that," they'll take the credit for it.

The problem with hoarding is you end up living off your reserves. Eventually you'll become stale. If you give away everything you have, you are left with nothing. This forces you to look, to be aware, to replenish. Somehow the more you give away the more comes back to you. 

Ideas are open knowledge. Don't claim ownership. They're not your ideas anyway, they're someone else's. They are out there floating by on the ether. You just have to put yourself in a frame of mind to pick up. 

DON'T LOOK FOR THE NEXT OPPORTUNITY. 

THE ONE YOU HAVE IN HAND IS THE OPPORTUNITY.

We are always waiting for the perfect brief for the perfect client. It almost never happens.  

You're probably working on a job or perfect right now and saying, "This is boring, let's just deal with it and get it over with. We'll make the next one good." 

Whatever is on your desk right now, that's the one. Make it the best you possibly can. It may not be great, but at least you'll have the satisfaction of knowing you did the best you possibly could, and you may learn something. And you're always free to do an alternative that does satisfy your creative standards.

Good brief don't just come along.

That's true, even if you've earned a reputation for doing good work (although that helps). Succesfull solutions are often made by people rebelling againts bad brief. 

Vocabulary [English - Indonesia)

1. Covet = Mengidamkan

2. Prevent = Mencegah

3. Secretive = Suka merahasiakan / diam-diam / tidak mau orang lain tahu

4. Hoarding = Penimbunan / terpendam / menumpuk

5. Reserves = sikap tutup mulut (noun) / menyimpan (verb)

6. Eventually = akhirnya / nantinya / alhasil (adverb)

7. Stale = basi / lelah/pengap/apek/ tidak menarik/membosankan (adjective),

8. Replenish = mengisi kembali/menambah/melengkapi lagi/menambah lagi (verb)

9. brief = singkat/ringkas/ikhtisariah (adjective) / laporan singkat (noun), 

    memberi penerangan ringkas (verb)

10. satisfaction = kepuasan/keyakinan/kegembiraan (noun)

11. rebbelling = memberontak

See you soon in part 6

Part 4 Link

http://www.senopatieducationcenter.com/online/its-not-how-good-you-are-its-how-good-you-want-to-be-part-4/

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