Posted by Dave Lorenzo - Business Coach

Here’s an accelerant you can use to boost your productivity and success: Identify an adversary in your life. This can be a difficult customer, a coworker who is mildly disgruntled with your work, or a business partner with whom you rarely see eye to eye. Pick someone who is reasonable and successful himself, not someone who doesn’t have a good grip on his own career. However much this person may annoy you, I want you to use him to help you clarify your own behavior and improve your performance.

Put yourself in his shoes. Look at yourself from his perspective. What are you doing wrong? Where does your adversary’s problem with you lie? What could you do to improve that relationship and make him feel satisfied with your work? Assuming he’s a reasonable person, he probably only expects reasonable adjustments in your behavior. Maybe he’s peeved that you’re always late to meetings. Perhaps he is frustrated because he feels he is not being heard by you and he isn’t seeing his input being considered and brought to life.

Make a list of things you could do to improve this relationship and increase his level of satisfaction with your work. In the coming weeks, try a few of these ideas. If you harbor a grudge toward this person, put it aside and make an effort to improve the relationship. Business is all about relationships, and it’s in your best interest to maximize the quality of all the connections in your career.

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