Most discoveries happen close to home, without any travel or external stimulus. They happen when the stuff that’s all around you is seen in a different light. Sometimes it’s the result of necessity: that’s certainly the case with all the applicant tracking and self-service technology I developed to eliminate the paperwork and transactions that were slowing us down. Other times it’s the result of brainstorming, where two or more heads prove to be better than one: that was the case with the team training program that revolutionized our on-boarding. And then there are times when a revelation just hits you in the head: like when it suddenly became clear to me that optimism was the attitude to hire for. You don’t have to change your location, just your mindset. It means being open to more than the status quo, to let go of your ego, and see where your imagination takes you. It often helps when someone new looks for the first time at the things you’ve looked at for a long time, but it can also be you looking with newly opened eyes. Clear your mind of its clutter and you’ll begin to see things in a new light, or context, or meaning. That’s how to begin using new eyes today.
Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust (1871 – 1922): French novelist, critic, and essayist who wrote the monumental novel In Search of Lost Time
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