Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it”.

Facing adversity is inevitable. It is the biggest reality of human life. We all face difficulties in our endeavors—which may seem like a problem, however, they bring opportunities to grow and learn as never before. To be honest, it is up to us how we interpret them. 

Turning an idea named “ProofHub” to a reality known as “The #1 project management software” wasn’t easy. In fact, my team and I survived the most difficult times and challenging adversity to steer our marketing efforts in the right direction. We learned how to spot the silver lining between adversity and improvement.

I always see people blaming their circumstances for their shortcomings—but I never understood the science behind it. I understand that its difficult to accept the harsh reality of a situation, especially when you've worked so hard to make it all work. Of course, bad thingsare hard to ignore. 

However, to be remarkable, you need to learn to thrive in the oddest circumstances. In life, it is not what has happened to you that matters, but the manner in which you react to it. The way you decide to respond to certain occurrences (particularly the bad ones) decide whether you will reach for the sky or hit rock bottom. As Charles R. Swindoll said—“Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it”. 

Here’s the thing you need to understand—we may not be able to prevent the worst from happening, but we can always act responsibly for our attitude toward the inevitable misfortunes. 

Don’t know how to get your emotions under control? Here are a few strategies to get you started. 

#1 Collect yourself.

Before you start reacting in a situation, pause for a moment and let your initial emotions to pass. After that, address the opportunity again, and see how you respond differently. The trick here is to give yourself time to work through your emotions, relax and settle your thoughts. 

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#2 Tune in to your feelings.

Clarity is important, especially when you’re under pressure. It's important because it helps you to make important decisions without feeling anxious. Remember, if you’re not up to a task (physically/emotionally), you must avoid making any move until you’re in the right state of mind.

#3 Move around.

A healthy break never hurts. In fact, it gives you time to think and helps to get rid of all the anxious energy. There are even studies that prove - professionals who take regular breaks between work have reduced feelings of hopelessness, depression, anger, stress, or failure. 

There is always a choice of how you are going to respond to what’s happening around you. You can either let the circumstances dictate your judgment or you can choose to see the bright side and regain your power to make things happen the way you want. 

Author

Vartika kashyap

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Bad days will happen, its what you do on a bad day thats matters

You are slowly walking away from enough finances, a boss that ignores you or a team that doesn't love you anymore, and you’re losing any opportunity to rise. This unfulfilling working condition might be slowly killing you! 

Your work is draining you completely. You’d want to break up with your unfulfilling work, but, this is not the solution. You feel difficult to concentrate, find yourself getting sick, struggle to focus and to start difficult projects. But you don't have to stay stuck in this rut. 

Here’s how you can stay motivated and not take a step back. 

1. Find positives in your role

No matter what your role is, you love it or not, there are always positives to the job. You’ll find something positive in your profession that you’ll be happy about. Whether it’s bringing value to the business or generating ideas. 

Do this activity. Write down any 3 things that you are happy about in your job, put it on your desk, and whenever you feel you are being unvalued at work, get the motivation back by looking back the list of things that you enjoy at work. When you are keenly observing the positives of your position, you can focus on growing and staying happy, despite not being happy (at times).

2. Break overwhelming tasks up into smaller pieces

What’s keeping you from being unfulfilled? Find the problem. This is a great approach if you feel unfulfilled when actually you are not doing well. This approach works with many daunting tasks. The sooner you start breaking the large project into smaller discrete pieces that you and your team can handle, you can start crossing items off. And that’s motivating to grow. You can add your tasks to ProofHub’s task list, where you can create sub-tasks, add custom labels to organize tasks, and set time estimates to complete a task. 

To manage tasks and achieve goals, try ProofHub for free.

3. Visualize your Success

Visualization is about creating detailed pictures in your mind. The famous quote, ‘see it to believe it’ tells exactly what visualization is about. It helps you move in a positive direction whenever you feel unfulfilled at work and achieve your goal quicker. 

Just focus and bring all your energies on the little details that will take you to where you want to be - you’ll either quit the goal or you’ll be able to figure out how to make it happen. 

 4. Exude good vibes

It can be frustrating to see no lasting results and no big wins. Sometimes the hard work of your team won’t pay off, it will never feel like enough. Bringing good energy to the office and adopting a let’s-make-this-happen attitude will energize the people around you—and perhaps you’ll be energized. 

Author

Vartika kashyap

Linkedin

Do something today that your future self will thank you for

You are slowly walking away from enough finances, a boss that ignores you or a team that doesn't love you anymore, and you’re losing any opportunity to rise. This unfulfilling working condition might be slowly killing you! 

Your work is draining you completely. You’d want to break up with your unfulfilling work, but, this is not the solution. You feel difficult to concentrate, find yourself getting sick, struggle to focus and to start difficult projects. But you don't have to stay stuck in this rut. 

Here’s how you can stay motivated and not take a step back. 

1. Find positives in your role

No matter what your role is, you love it or not, there are always positives to the job. You’ll find something positive in your profession that you’ll be happy about. Whether it’s bringing value to the business or generating ideas. 

Do this activity. Write down any 3 things that you are happy about in your job, put it on your desk, and whenever you feel you are being unvalued at work, get the motivation back by looking back the list of things that you enjoy at work. When you are keenly observing the positives of your position, you can focus on growing and staying happy, despite not being happy (at times).

2. Break overwhelming tasks up into smaller pieces

What’s keeping you from being unfulfilled? Find the problem. This is a great approach if you feel unfulfilled when actually you are not doing well. This approach works with many daunting tasks. The sooner you start breaking the large project into smaller discrete pieces that you and your team can handle, you can start crossing items off. And that’s motivating to grow. You can add your tasks to ProofHub’s task list, where you can create sub-tasks, add custom labels to organize tasks, and set time estimates to complete a task. 

To manage tasks and achieve goals, try ProofHub for free.

3. Visualize your Success

Visualization is about creating detailed pictures in your mind. The famous quote, ‘see it to believe it’ tells exactly what visualization is about. It helps you move in a positive direction whenever you feel unfulfilled at work and achieve your goal quicker. 

Just focus and bring all your energies on the little details that will take you to where you want to be - you’ll either quit the goal or you’ll be able to figure out how to make it happen. 

 4. Exude good vibes

It can be frustrating to see no lasting results and no big wins. Sometimes the hard work of your team won’t pay off, it will never feel like enough. Bringing good energy to the office and adopting a let’s-make-this-happen attitude will energize the people around you—and perhaps you’ll be energized. 

Alone we can do little but togather we can do much

There is no greater weapon in an organisation's arsenal than a great team. To genuinely achieve success, it is necessary for an organisation to embrace teamwork and the Power of We. However, the process of getting a group of people to work together towards a common goal isn’t always easy.

Many of you must have been managing people for a long time. Tell me what do you fear the most? I’ll tell you what it is - you fear collision. As the person “in charge”, your biggest concern is what will happen when a group of equally competitive yet completely different personalities starts working - dissecting and debating - on a project.

Considering the fact that we (humans) are not so good at giving up our earthly point-of-view about anything and everything, your fear is justified. But did you ever try looking at the situation from a positive perspective? Well, I did.

The team I have here at ProofHub is no different than yours. We don’t start off on the same page in every matter. We have a variance of opinions. We share disagreements with each other. We collide on ideas and perspectives. And do you know why it works for us? Well, that’s because we manage to keep things constructive and cohesive. Honestly, if it wasn’t for those collisions in team discussions, I am very certain that we wouldn’t have emerged as the unconventional, bold team as we are today.

I prefer to let those brilliant minds collide rather than holding them back. That’s how we develop new ideas, make decisions faster, foster collaboration, and find new solutions to tough challenges.

Wait! If you’re interested in adapting this approach, I've got a few tips that will help you do it the right way.

Set the tone from the top

Demonstrate that even your (the project manager’s) ideas and decisions are open for discussions. Ask your employees for their honest feedback. Collide with your team for the best results. This way, you’ll set an example for your team and they’re more likely to do the same.

Nurture a growth mindset

People with a growth mindset value learning and development. They don't get offended or show grievance when you question their opinion. Instead, they see every question and feedback as an opportunity to improve. This is the kind of mindset that will make collisions productive at work.

Create a feedback-safe environment

Nurture a work culture where employees are willing to give their honest opinions and are sure that there won't face any negative repercussions. Create a level of trust and comfort between team members so that they feel safe to share their views.

Use different communication channels

A collaborative culture doesn’t only have one way to give or receive ideas. Here at ProofHub, I offer opportunities to collaborate in a way that people are most comfortable with in different situations. For quick office conversations we use one-on-one Chat, for sharing ideas and updates we use Discussions, for review and feedback sharing we have online Proofing, and so on.

Make #RealTalk a routine

As the saying goes, practice makes perfect. When positive debate and discussion happens routinely, it becomes expected. It integrates into your everyday work process and eventually, your team gets better at it.

As a manager, you're focused on finding the ideal group dynamic. You want to embrace teamwork. I get that. I get that big time.

But that doesn’t mean that your team can’t collide constructively while sharing new ideas or making important decisions. In today's world of relentless volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity – challenging each others opinion and interrogating the reality can produce amazing results.

Author Bio:

Vartika Kashyap is the Marketing Manager at ProofHub and has been one of the LinkedIn Top Voice

A person who feels appreciated always do more than what is expected

Recognition is a fundamental human need. At the most basic level, it makes us feel valued, which is what inspires us to stay all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed at work. Out of all the things that matter in the workplace, helping employees feel appreciated is the most important one.

Gladly, this isn’t something that I have learned the hard way. I have always believed that people flourish when they are praised. The people I have here at ProofHub are constantly recognised for excellence (individually and as a team), encouraged to excel, and helped to discover their own wisdom.

But I can see that isn’t the case for every organisation. In many organisations, recognition is highly de-emphasised - unless it’s specifically related to promotions, appraisals or delegation of the next assignment. The need of the employee to be appreciated for their efforts often goes unseen and unheard in such cases. As a result, self-doubt starts to creep in, and it makes employees feel as though they don’t belong.

For me, employee recognition has no calendar. It’s not limited to Employee Appreciation Day or any other day of the year. It’s an important part of ProofHub’s culture all year long and probably always will be. Here are three reasons why that’s so.

1. Recognized employees are happy employees

Let’s put it this way: when you start appreciating people for their work, you spread good vibes in the office which further translates into a happier and more productive work environment. Show your employees that you see their efforts — tell them how much of an impact they’re having on your organisation and its goals.

2. When employees feel happy, they stick around

Happy employees tend to stay longer in an organisation and perform better. That means if you have some high-performing, talented members in your team, make sure that their efforts are not overlooked. Doing this will not just help you increase employee retention - it will also save on time and money from having to train new hires every time a potential employee leaves your organisation.

3. It fosters an atmosphere of trust and teamwork

Honestly, I was surprised (and you’d be too) by the degree to which a simple thanking your employees fosters an atmosphere of trust and teamwork. Knowing that your efforts are being recognised and appreciated by people higher up the management chain really helps to feel deeper workplace connections - and that's another reason why recognition is important and it should be practised year-round.

Author Bio:

Vartika Kashyap is the Marketing Manager at ProofHub and has been one of the LinkedIn Top Voices in 2017 and 2018.