Why do we do the things that we do… even when we “know” we should do something differently. It is as someone else is making the decisions for us.
This is evident in much of the professional development programs we experience. We, as participants, receive new information and get really excited about changing some of our activities.
We can even picture how our lives will be different once we put this new information into practice. This could be implementing a new sales process where the new CRM tool is doing all the hard work for us. It could be adopting a new management technique that makes your team into a harmonious group of superstars.
Or even a productivity system that helps you check off your to-dos in an efficient manner. We leave the training pumped and ready to go… Next thing you know, it has been a week and we are back to our normal operating procedures!
We try to justify it by saying “well, as long as I picked up a few nuggets from the training all is not lost”. However, is that the goal? Can we do better?
