“Stupid Hurts”Lesson Application from Linda Sasser

What impresses me most about this "Stupid Hurts" lesson is John's ability to learn from what he calls "the stupidest thing I've ever done." The true lesson, however, goes well beyond what John learned from his experience. To me, the lesson was in how he evaluated the entire situation.

Could you take one of your "stupid" moments in life and share it so others could benefit?

Think of that moment right now - something that you wish you could take back. Now, take that experience and determine five lessons you can learn from it. That's what John has done in this month's MIC lesson. The lessons from John's airport security experience are powerful, but what I learned, and what I'd like to challenge us with, is the way he developed that experience into a learning opportunity.

One Step Away From Stupid

One of John's lesson points is that we should be careful because we are only "one step away from stupid." This tempts me to go into the "what if" game.

What if we knew about that stupid moment coming up? What if, in your business, stupid was lurking? What if we could identify stupid before stupid finds us? Shouldn't we take precautions to keep us away from stupid? Wouldn't it be stupid not to pause and look at our progress so we can make corrections to our course rather than going along blindly and really making stupid mistakes?

July is a perfect time to be on the alert for stupid. It is my favorite time of year to evaluate how our business is doing. We're halfway through the year - far enough along to know how we're doing, yet, there is still enough time left to make adjustments. In sports they call this "Halftime."

Halftime

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