Landmines have one objective they are laid out to injury, destroy and kill. They are hidden just under the ground, and quite. What if in our lives, let’s say in the area of personal productivity there are landmines in our life. These little, or perhaps not so little, destructive elements that are creating barriers to succeeding in our productivity.
Many times when we look at personal productivity, we think about systems and tools. However, what if it is deeper than that. What if pride can destroy our productivity.
Today I know we are encouraged to be proud, but let me explain what I mean by pride. I see three parts to it.
- Thinking we are better than others
- A need to feel special.
- A need to show others all you have done.
We can negatively perceive our selves when we do not check off everything on the to-do list. We can get a false identity from how much we accomplish and we ride the emotional roller coaster of the ups and downs.
Really who are we trying to impress may be a question to ask?
When others do not live up to our standard, we look down on them. There is an attitude that we know better than others. That, in turn, hurts teamwork or partnership, and it pushes others away. We need others to succeed. As we help them succeed, we succeed.
What do we do?
A loss of humility causes pride. Humility is about remembering the facts and truths. Humility is about remembering to give dignity to others. Humility is remembering we are not a superhero. Humility is recognizing our needs and weakness and graciously expressing them. Humility is being ok with failing. Humility leads us to learn from a situation. Humility can help us in the area of personal productivity.
What is one of your landmines to personal productivity?