“You can’t connect the dots looking forward;
you can only connect them looking backwards.
So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.
You have to trust in something—your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever.
This approach has never let me down, and
it has made all the difference in my life.”
As you reflect upon your team voyages—as you look backwards—can you connect the dots?
Looking backwards (reflection) can be powerful. Research shows more and deeper learning occurs in the process of reflection (looking backwards) than the activity itself.
That is why reflecting upon your team voyages can be so beneficial and productive. As you look backwards, are you able to connect the dots on your team voyage?
Sometimes as we look forward during the team journey, we can’t connect the dots. But the team GPS provided here, we hope, has enabled you to look backwards during the process to see how the dots are connected, and then proceed more confidently on your team journey. This better enables you to ensure your team stays on track on your team journey. For example, you can avoid going off track or thinking you will be forever stuck as a team at the Storming milestone. Keep in mind, there’s always a way forward.
“If you hear a voice within you say,
‘You cannot paint,’
then by all means paint, and
that voice will be silenced. ”
If you can envision your team accomplishing things never before accomplished, but have self doubts, then by all means go ahead and accomplish what you envision.
Vincent Van Gogh’s story is a lesson for all of us. During his lifetime, he was unable to sell enough paintings to even feed himself. He had to ask his brother for money to buy food. Van Gogh saw other artist’s paintings selling well, yet no one wanted to buy his paintings.
Today, if you have had the opportunity to see an authentic Van Gogh, you realize the beauty of what Van Gogh was creating, that was unappreciated during his time.
Lesson learned: if you envision what your team can accomplish, by all means go ahead and accomplish what you envision. If others doubt you or do not appreciate your efforts, persevere and be patient. Maybe they are just catching up to what you can see.
Wishing you, a team voyager, continued success in all your team voyages!
“I’m convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.”