Pushing Through the Bottom of the J-Curve
Coffee with Tamara
English - January 19, 2021 10:00 - 20 minutes - 20.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsManagement Business Careers business humanperformance innovation innovators leadership performance Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Most of us start off the new year with some ideas or resolutions of things we want to achieve, improve, or change from the previous year. However, not a lot of us make it to the end of seeing our resolutions through an entire year. What’s stopping us?
The reason for this — and the reason why most innovation efforts and behavior change efforts fail is that we reach the bottom of the J-curve and give up when faced with negativity, doubt, and frustration. We often think that change and innovation is a straight line accelerating upwards. Unfortunately, that's not how it works. It’s actually a J-curve where it starts off well, then it dips for a while before picking up again. And we often give up at the bottom of the J-curve, but that's exactly where we need to persevere and push through to reap the benefits of our hard work.
I share some of my own stories both in business and in my personal life about what it was like to hit the bottom of the J-curve, and what you can do when you're exhausted and frustrated at the bottom of the J curve, and feel like giving up. Hint: Use the things that weren't working as fuel to improve your idea.
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