{"id":16467,"date":"2024-06-11T00:00:16","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T15:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sasugacommunications.com\/ja\/?p=16467"},"modified":"2024-09-30T10:59:17","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T01:59:17","slug":"less-effort-and-more-impact-networking-for-introverts-and-low-energy-extroverts-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sasugacommunications.com\/ja\/the-worst-and-best-advice-of-my-career","title":{"rendered":"The Worst And Best Advice Of My Career"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Perhaps the worst and best advice I\u2019ve received so far in my 3-decade career in Japan.<\/span><\/p>\n

WORST ADVICE: Underpromise and overdeliver<\/b><\/h4>\n

I received this advice from a senior colleague in my early days at McKinsey Japan.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBrilliant!\u201d I thought.<\/span><\/p>\n

What a great way to delight my colleagues.<\/span><\/p>\n

It also turned out to be a great way to overwork, burn out, and be taken from my office to hospital in an ambulance.<\/span><\/p>\n

(No blame at all on my employer – I take full responsibility for saying \u201cyes\u201d to too much.)<\/span><\/p>\n

BEST ADVICE: Aim for average<\/b><\/h4>\n

This was what my productivity coach recommended when I worked with her after leaving McKInsey and establishing my own business.<\/span><\/p>\n

I thought she was nuts.<\/span><\/p>\n

How could I possibly achieve everything I wanted to and keep everybody happy if I only aimed for average???<\/span><\/p>\n

But I discovered that aiming for average relieved me of so much physical, mental, and emotional pressure (less effort). That freed up my energy and creativity to get better results (more impact).<\/span><\/p>\n

Practical ways to lower your expectations of yourself<\/b><\/h4>\n

Here are a few examples:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  • Reduce the number of tasks you expect to complete today<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Set a time limit and call it done instead of continuing to perfect your work<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Stop working when you\u2019re tired<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Ask for help<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Clean the toilet less frequently (this may or may not apply to you!)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    What works for you?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    What other ideas do you have?<\/span><\/p>\n

    (Thanks to Christiane Brew for the photo from my workshop at The FEWture Conference 2024, where I shared the stories about the advice I received. HUGE thanks to everyone for the enthusiastic participation!)<\/p>\n

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    FOR WOMEN IN BUSINESS IN JAPAN<\/strong> –\u00a0even if you like this idea of aiming for average, it can be hard to put into practice on your own, right?<\/span><\/p>\n

    The <\/span>#LessEffortMoreImpact<\/strong> Movement for Women in Business<\/strong> (LEMI) is here to help. LEMI is an uplifting community for growth-minded women in Japan and beyond to do brilliant work without sacrificing our personal lives.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Our events and online resources focus on Connection, Care, and Courage <\/span>\ud83d\udc95<\/span><\/p>\n

    Currently 54 members of 12 nationalities.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    Perhaps the worst and best advice I\u2019ve received so far in my 3-decade career in Japan. WORST ADVICE: Underpromise and overdeliver I received this advice from a senior colleague in my early days at McKinsey Japan.\u00a0 \u201cBrilliant!\u201d I thought. What a great way to delight my colleagues. It also turned out to be a great […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":16473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[61,65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","category-personal-development"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sasugacommunications.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sasugacommunications.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sasugacommunications.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sasugacommunications.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sasugacommunications.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16467"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/sasugacommunications.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16656,"href":"https:\/\/sasugacommunications.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16467\/revisions\/16656"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sasugacommunications.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sasugacommunications.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sasugacommunications.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sasugacommunications.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}