{"id":8229,"date":"2020-06-11T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pinnaclehrs.com\/?p=8229"},"modified":"2020-11-05T16:44:28","modified_gmt":"2020-11-06T00:44:28","slug":"the-power-of-starting-small","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pinnaclehrs.com\/the-power-of-starting-small\/","title":{"rendered":"The Power of Starting Small"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>Chances are if you\u2019ve been working at your company long enough, you\u2019ve developed some fantastic ideas for growth and improvement. No matter what department you\u2019re in, there is always room for growth, and inevitably there are those big beautiful dreams that get talked about wistfully but with no real commitment.\u00a0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>You know what I\u2019m talking about: those pipe-dream projects, ideas that would be amazing if only there were\u00a0<\/span><span>*fill in the blank*<\/span><span>\u00a0to make it happen.\u00a0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Every company has\u00a0<\/span><i><span>at least<\/span><\/i><span>\u00a0one of these projects. Take a moment to think about your company. What projects has everyone agreed would be fantastic if only there were\u2026<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<span>enough time\u00a0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<span>enough human resources<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<span>someone with the experience<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<span>add excuse here<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>\u2026to make it happen.\u00a0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>You might be feeling a little defensive thinking, \u201c<\/span><i><span>Those aren\u2019t excuses if they are real issues getting in our way.\u201d<\/span><\/i><span>\u00a0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Let me tell you something. There will always be real issues that stand in the way of getting a project successfully implemented. What makes them\u00a0<\/span><i><span>excuses<\/span><\/i><span>\u00a0is the switch from seeing them as challenges to\u00a0<\/span><i><span>reasons not to proceed<\/span><\/i><span>.\u00a0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Reframe the problem\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>While there may be plenty of challenges created by a big project that has halted it in its tracks, those problems often stem from one source.\u00a0Not enough time, not enough people, not enough experience, are all results of looking at a project from a macro point of view.\u00a0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>What. What? How is a lack of time connected to my point of view?\u00a0<\/span><\/i><i><span>And<\/span><\/i><i><span>\u00a0why would my point of view affect my resources?<\/span><\/i><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>When you dream up a big project\u2014improving your customer experience, for instance\u2014you see every aspect that needs work. You see the processes to be developed, templates, emails, updated web pages, and follow-up campaigns. You see new training for the sales team and the audit of what you already have.\u00a0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>What you see is a birds-eye-view of the entire project\u2014all the work, all at once.\u00a0Who has time and energy to do all that? No one.\u00a0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><span>Now let\u2019s experiment. Pick one aspect of that project\u2014we\u2019ll use customer follow-up for this example. To get the ball rolling, write one follow-up email for customers who\u2019ve tried a specific product, taken a quiz, or attended a webinar. Easy enough, right? You have time in your day to write one email.\u00a0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Now save that email to use repeatedly.\u00a0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>And just like that, you see the problem. It isn\u2019t that you don\u2019t have the time or the workforce; it\u2019s that you\u2019ve been looking at the project from a wide-angle point of view.\u00a0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Small steps\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>Whether you\u2019re a\u00a0<\/span><span>one-person<\/span><span>\u00a0company or have 100 people on your team, this process can be applied almost every time. Start by creating your big picture. Write down all the\u00a0<\/span><span>beautiful<\/span><span>\u00a0things you want to complete\u2014don\u2019t be stingy. Include your goals for each part of the project. What are you trying to accomplish?<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Now step back. Take a nice long look at the whole thing and pick one aspect to start. The trick is to break it up into bite-sized pieces and spread it out over a reasonable amount of time.\u00a0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>You don\u2019t have to do everything all at once. In fact, you really can\u2019t. So don\u2019t try. Set small, achievable goals.\u00a0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Use each small step as a brick in the tower of your dreams. Don\u2019t allow yourself to become bogged down by the greatness of what you imagine. Every great accomplishment is built out of a thousand small achievements.\u00a0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>So go ahead, dream big. Just do yourself a favor and start small.\u00a0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span><em>Content provided by\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.q4intel.com\/employers\/\"><em>Q4iNetwork<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0and partners<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.123rf.com\/profile_denisgo\">Yuliya Rosher<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/track.hubspot.com\/__ptq.gif?a=1652561&amp;k=14&amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Finsights.q4intel.com%2Femployers%2Fthe-power-of-starting-small&amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252Finsights.q4intel.com%252Femployers&amp;bvt=rss\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chances are if you\u2019ve been working at your company long enough, you\u2019ve developed some fantastic ideas for growth and improvement. No matter what department you\u2019re in, there is always room for growth, and inevitably there are those big beautiful dreams that get talked about wistfully but with no real commitment.\u00a0\u00a0 You know what I\u2019m talking &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinnaclehrs.com\/the-power-of-starting-small\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Power of Starting Small<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":310,"featured_media":8232,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9],"tags":[5,10],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinnaclehrs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8229"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinnaclehrs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinnaclehrs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinnaclehrs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/310"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinnaclehrs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinnaclehrs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8229\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinnaclehrs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinnaclehrs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinnaclehrs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinnaclehrs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}