Reflections

I had a big reflection and realization yesterday. I was reviewing my H2 2022 plans as we close out the year to try to find areas where I missed, and I had realized that I wasn’t exactly eating what I was cooking for most of the last quarter.

One of my big initiatives in H2 2022 was to ignore the market noise and focus on what we can control. The plan was spot on as we can’t control the macroeconomic environment. But the problem was my execution of the plan.

I had come to realize that I was often speaking about the market and talking about “when things settle” all the time. I would start our team meetings with an update on the situation and plan for the weeks ahead based on the market vibe.

So one day I was saying, focus on our goals and initiatives and ignore the market, then the next I’d start the meeting talking about the market!

It seems so silly, but it definitely impacted my personal mentally and my team’s as well as we would succumb to the market volatility and let that dictate our moods. Our focus ultimately should be on grinding towards our goals regardless of what happens on the outside.

It wasn’t a healthy mindset and I plan on changing that going into next year.