Benefiting at work from Brain Based Insights

Dependable people build reputations, and they also act on dendrite brain cells for following through. Have you noticed how less successful workers tend to leave off before they reach the finish line? In the fast pace change we face,  with uncertainty as the dominant pattern, reliability's  often the fastest track to a  reputation for faithfulness.  Trustworthiness is simply a hallmark of people who deliver what they promise.

While work can be easy or hard, dependability depends more on how we adjust to both states on a daily basis. Do people count on you because you keep a regular commitment to do your job in a dependable way?

Have you noticed that dependable people tend to treat their work as passionate so that they motivate others to higher standards in their work? It’s almost as if the difference between possible and impossible is locked in the magic of dependability. Babe Ruth often said it was hard to beat a dependable person who never gives up.

Dependability tends to bring about the belief that you can do a difficult thing, so that you develop more of the capacity to do it with each effort brought to bear.

The quality of a person’s progress often lies in direct proportion to their dependability for excellence – regardless of the challenges. There are no impossibilities to dependable people, who show up to carry the baton to the next leg of their race.

Smart skills lead to more dependability acumen in a few specific ways.

1. Write targets for every commitment you make and check off the steps as you take these. Look over the list at the end of a day as a way to outsource your memory into clear targets that stay with you until they are realized.

2. Make plans to follow through on every promise made. Ask questions daily such as “Where to from here?” for each recorded or incomplete promise. The brain uses questions to build curiosity which keeps commitment alive and realized.

3. Finish whatever you start by shifting priorities on paper to allow for the extra time it takes to complete one target and decrease others to make space– especially once it gets closer to the end.

It’s as straightforward as apply these smart skills, when you commit to following through – with the brain in mind. What do you think?