{"id":13906,"date":"2018-05-21T06:00:57","date_gmt":"2018-05-21T13:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ivanmisner.com\/?p=13906"},"modified":"2018-05-20T12:11:48","modified_gmt":"2018-05-20T19:11:48","slug":"hidwal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ivanmisner.com\/hidwal\/","title":{"rendered":"I Hit HIDWAL"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Good to Great<\/a>,<\/em> Jim Collins opened up a whole new paradigm for many people.\u00a0 He showed us that \u201cbad\u201d is not the enemy of \u201cgreat.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cGood\u201d is the enemy of \u201cgreat.\u201d<\/a>\u00a0 Everyone can recognize when something is really horrible.\u00a0 It is, in fact, \u201cgood\u201d that is the enemy of great performance.\u00a0 We\u2019ve all heard the expressions: \u201cit\u2019s good enough,\u201d \u201cthings are ok,\u201d \u201cit\u2019s not bad,\u201d \u201cwe\u2019re doing alright,\u201d \u201chey, it\u2019s good enough for government work, right?\u201d\u00a0 This is metastatic mediocrity at work.<\/p>\n

I love what I do, and I am passionate about helping people improve their businesses and their networking efforts to achieve success.\u00a0 While doing this, I sometimes come across people who would like to be more successful, but they aren\u2019t really committed to making a change in their circumstances.<\/p>\n

They have what I would call a \u201c<\/em>success disconnect.<\/em>\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 They want to be more successful, but for some incomprehensible reason, they don\u2019t see a connection between their desire for success and the behavior they are embracing.\u00a0 On one hand, they say they\u2019d \u201clike to be making more money,\u201d but then a few moments later they\u2019ll say things which indicate that they are uncomfortable making the necessary changes.\u00a0 Take my absolute favorite success disconnect statement: \u201cYou don\u2019t understand, Ivan; this won\u2019t work here because\u2026\u201d then fill in the blank with the excuse de jour. <\/em>Over the years, I\u2019ve found that \u201cgood enough,\u201d eventually leads to \u201cmetastatic mediocrity.\u201d<\/p>\n

I call this condition the \u201cI HIT HIDWAL Syndrome,\u201d or:<\/h3>\n

I<\/strong>\u2019m<\/p>\n

H<\/strong>appy
\nI<\/strong>n
\nT<\/strong>his<\/p>\n

H<\/strong>ole (and)
\nI<\/strong>
\nD<\/strong>on\u2019t
\nW<\/strong>ant
\nA<\/strong>
\nL<\/strong>adder!<\/p>\n

You may be reading this and thinking, \u201cthis is a crazy statement\u201d \u2013 but give it some time.\u00a0 I promise, you will be out talking to someone in the future, and you will hear them complaining about their circumstances.\u00a0 You will then offer them a referral to someone with ideas that will help them, or you may give them some ideas of your own that could help them, and they will tell you all the reasons those ideas won\u2019t work for them.<\/p>\n

At that moment \u2013 I want you to STOP and think about this article and envision a great big sticker on that person\u2019s forehead that reads: \u201cI HIT HIDWAL.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yes, I\u2019m Happy In This Hole (and) I Don\u2019<\/em><\/strong>t Want A Ladder!<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Now you and I both know that they may really \u201cneed\u201d a ladder \u2013 but they just don\u2019t \u201cwant\u201d a ladder. My entire professional career has been dedicated to those who want a ladder!\u00a0 I want to work with people who recognize they are in a hole and they want out.\u00a0 I have also learned over time that when it comes to taking advice \u2013 some will, some won\u2019t, so what!\u00a0 Not everyone is in the place where they recognize they even \u201cneed\u201d the ladder.\u00a0 Before they can \u201cwant\u201d it, they need to recognize they \u201cneed\u201d it.\u00a0 If they don\u2019t recognize they need it, then offering them help (or a ladder) will be of no use whatsoever.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve also learned that I can\u2019t help the ones that think the \u201chole\u201d is the natural state of things.\u00a0 These are people who\u2019ve become comfortable with where they are and have become so accustomed to the great big hole they reside in that they think it\u2019s just part of the landscape.<\/p>\n

I can, however, help the ones who recognize their condition and know they want out. More importantly, they not only want out of the hole they are currently in, but they will do just about whatever it takes to get themselves out of that hole! We can only help those who are ready and willing to be helped.<\/p>\n

As an entrepreneur in your profession, you will meet people that need your help all the time.\u00a0 My advice to you is: figure out if they\u2019re ready for the ladder.\u00a0 If not, let them know you\u2019re ready for them when they\u2019re ready for you, and then move on to someone who desperately wants that ladder you\u2019re going to send down to them.<\/p>\n

Good is the enemy of great.<\/a>\u00a0 Look around.\u00a0 Are you in a hole? Do you know people in a hole?\u00a0 There\u2019s a way out.\u00a0 I promise. Find someone who can be a mentor and a coach \u2014 even a \u201cvirtual mentor\u201d in books and videos. Find someone with the ladder that is needed to get out of that hole and start climbing out to success.<\/p>\n

Why accept mediocrity when excellence is an option?<\/strong>\u00a0 Excellence is an option.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In Good to Great, Jim Collins opened up a whole new paradigm for many people.\u00a0 He showed us that \u201cbad\u201d is not the enemy of \u201cgreat.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cGood\u201d is the enemy of \u201cgreat.\u201d\u00a0 Everyone can recognize when something is really horrible.\u00a0 It is, in fact, \u201cgood\u201d that is the enemy of great performance.\u00a0 We\u2019ve all heard […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13909,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2438,2313,1710,2881,2477,43,2839],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fear-2","category-growth-2","category-motivation-2","category-problem-solving","category-purpose-2","category-self-development","category-work-ethic"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ivanmisner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ivanmisner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ivanmisner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivanmisner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivanmisner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13906"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/ivanmisner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13915,"href":"https:\/\/ivanmisner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13906\/revisions\/13915"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivanmisner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ivanmisner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivanmisner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivanmisner.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}