Tuesday's are the infamous deadline day. The newsroom is full of editors, reporters, photographers and our advisers. It's not easy, that's for sure, but it's rewarding.
After recent changes, the overall production of the paper seems to be moving forward slightly faster. All very good news. It comes down to keeping the mood in the room light and fun while maintaining integrity to finishing the pages.
With only two hours away from deadline, one page is left to be completed. I'm impressed with everyone. We constantly give shout-outs to one another, but everyone pulls their own weight and comes together to produce a piece of work that we can all be proud of.
As we get older, it seems that working together and this idea of a team is harder to construct and maintain. Somewhere along the road between being a kid and becoming an adult, a new mentally is born. People become needy and make everything about them. That shouldn't be the reality we live into. That's only not powerful, but no one will be enrolled in what you have going on in your life.
Including others and learning to remain flexible and calm are key. Listening and hearing are just as important, if not the most important. For every one person, there can be a handful of meanings to one statement.
Take the time to make sure the people around you have been heard. Take the time to listen and ask what more you can do. Take on the role of leadership and create leaders around you. Operate as a whole and not as individuals each trying to succeed. Have one goal in mind and don't be afraid to fail.
"Trying is having the intent to fail. You have to say 'just do it.'" — I Love You, Man
After recent changes, the overall production of the paper seems to be moving forward slightly faster. All very good news. It comes down to keeping the mood in the room light and fun while maintaining integrity to finishing the pages.
With only two hours away from deadline, one page is left to be completed. I'm impressed with everyone. We constantly give shout-outs to one another, but everyone pulls their own weight and comes together to produce a piece of work that we can all be proud of.
As we get older, it seems that working together and this idea of a team is harder to construct and maintain. Somewhere along the road between being a kid and becoming an adult, a new mentally is born. People become needy and make everything about them. That shouldn't be the reality we live into. That's only not powerful, but no one will be enrolled in what you have going on in your life.
Including others and learning to remain flexible and calm are key. Listening and hearing are just as important, if not the most important. For every one person, there can be a handful of meanings to one statement.
Take the time to make sure the people around you have been heard. Take the time to listen and ask what more you can do. Take on the role of leadership and create leaders around you. Operate as a whole and not as individuals each trying to succeed. Have one goal in mind and don't be afraid to fail.
"Trying is having the intent to fail. You have to say 'just do it.'" — I Love You, Man
I love the I Love You, Man quote!
ReplyDeleteExcellent words of wisdom.
~Shula