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by Akrura dasa

This is a “new” personal improvement tool I have learned from my friend Marshall Goldsmith, a prominent executive coach.

Of course, this you can also find in Srila Prabhupada’s teachings: give up all that is unfavorable for your spiritual success.

Here are some highlights from Goldsmith’s recent article, customized a bit.

A famous management teacher once said:

“We spend a lot of time teaching leaders what to do. We don’t spend enough time teaching leaders what to stop. Half the leaders I have met don’t need to learn what to do. They need to learn what to stop.”

How true. Think about your organization. When was the last retreat or training session you attended that entitled, The Mistakes Our Top People Do – That We Need to Stop Doing Now? When was the last time your superior delivered an internal talk, designed to motivate people he serves, that focused on his negative traits and his efforts to stop his destructive behavior? Can you even imagine your leader (or immediate supervisor) admitting a personal failing in public and outlining his efforts to stop doing it?

Probably not.

The funny thing about stopping some behavior is that it gets no attention, but it can
be as crucial as everything else we do combined. We lose this common sense in the environment of an organization where there is no system for rewarding the avoidance of a bad decision or the cessation of bad behavior.

The way we measure success is largely based on what we’ve done, what numbers we’ve delivered, what increases we have posted against last year’s results. Even the seemingly minor personal goals are couched in terms of actions we’ve initiated, not behavior we have stopped.

It might be advantageous to change this. All that’s required is a slight tweak in our mindset, in how we look at our behavior.

Get out your notepad. Instead of your normal ‘To Do’ list – start on your ‘To Stop’ list.

* Know yourself and seek self-improvement.
* Be technically and tactically proficient.
* Develop a sense of responsibility among your subordinates.
* Make sound and timely decisions.
* Set the example.
* Know your Marines and look out for their welfare.
* Keep your Marines informed.
* Seek responsibility and take responsibility for your actions.
* Ensure assigned tasks are understood, supervised, and accomplished.
* Train your Marines as a team.
* Employ your command in accordance with its capabilities.