Imagine what you could achieve

if you knew you could not fail.

That's the quote that someone left on my desk the other night. Walked into work and this little post-it sized note was sitting on my keyboard. Not sure if it was meant as a joke, a criticism or as inspiration - but it's taken hold.

Actually, at first I just kind of picked it up and put it to one side - it was a busy day and I was running late for a meeting - and didn't think anything more of it. But somehow I've never quite managed to ditch it. Continually, I have picked it up and moved it out of my way - yet never thrown it out.

So today as I was cleaning up my area (getting a new computer) and I moved it again. But this time I noticed it - re-read it essentially - and I've decided I'm going to keep it. I tried to tuck it into the corner of my computer screen but that didn't really work - so I'm either going to tape it there (it's a little distracting, so probably not) or stick it on the backboard of the desk. Either way I've decided it needs an area of prominence.

The thing is - without even realising it - its having an effect on me. Being relatively new still at work, I sometimes hesitate about what I should do in a given situation, but I've found over the last few days, I've consciously or sub-consciously read this little square of paper and its changing my behaviour. I'm worrying less about what others think or how they'll perceive my actions and instead, am doing what I think is right (basically how I'd behave if I'd been at a company long and/or felt comfortable in my job).

Not bad for a little scrap of paper huh?

Me thinks so too, so I'm keeping it for now.