Long-term collaboration is about the people as well as the work. I want to build with people who can stay committed beyond an immediate result. The question is whether our choices support a relationship that can keep developing.
Long-term collaboration and the people you choose
Focus to work with Long-Term people.
Ignore people with Short-Term mindsets.
People who want “it” now and here, will not be successful in the long-term game, and life is a long-term game.
Turn Short-Term Games Into Long-Term Games.
Play Long-term Games With Long-term People.
People need each other to be successful.
The longer you work together, the more successful you’ll make each other. Until the cycle ends – and that’s the point with the highest return.
Many people will leave along the way for short-term success.
Or, in Naval’s words:
“𝘐𝘯 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨-𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦, 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘮.
𝘞𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳.
𝘞𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦.
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦, 𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘦.”𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴. 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩, 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴, 𝘰𝘳 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵.”
Naval
When those people work in different countries, clear working agreements help connect the team.
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