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LESSON 3
When you've been doing something wrong for an extended period, the right
way feels wrong.
This lesson isn't really new to many people. Furthermore, it isn't the most
valuable lesson I have found, but it does explain why organizations have trou-
ble changing.
I continued practicing and collecting objective data. One night after reflect-
ing on this data, I was able to change course by taking the
right actions
at the
right time
leading to real improve-
ments. Following are more words
from my notes:
I realize I come out here, hit the ball
well, start to build some confidence, and
then my swing tempo picks up. It hap-
pens very gradually. I don't notice it
each night. Each night there are imper-
ceptible increases in my swing speed.
By the end of the week, I realize I am
swinging much faster and my consis-
tency has substantially degraded. The
ball is flying left, then right, and I am
playing worse than at the beginning of
the week.
How to Find Your Repeating
Specific Weaknesses…
Use the following criteria to help
locate your own repeating specific
weaknesses:
•
Often first appear as small, almost
imperceptible issues, making them
easy to ignore
•
Te n d t o o c c u r d u r i n g t i m e s o f s t re s s
•
Create clear obstacles to achieving
objectives
LESSON 4
The way you get to that place where you are doing it wrong often happens
so gradually that it becomes difficult to notice until it is too late to correct.
One of the reasons I believe this occurs is because we start to take success for
granted and stop paying close attention. The next thing you know we are just
“going through the motions” without the proper thought, and
“Going through the motions” does not work.
Let us examine some analogies to business.
