When it comes to neurodiversity, there are a lot of things that we tend to have overlooked. These can range from having a willingness to adapt to an environment or surrounding and to having a willingness to not let our egos get to our heads.
Yesterday, I was once again watching the San Francisco 49ers this time playing against the Arizona Cardinals. The 49ers had a 23-13 lead on the Cardinals, but a botched fumble in the endzone by RB Jordan Mason ultimately led to a 24-23 Cardinals victory. Looking at this game, I can often see that there are plenty of organizations, sports or not sports, that tend to get so stuck in a certain way, that if they get so far ahead, they will assume the task has been accomplished and take their feet off the gas.
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You might even say that keeping your feet on the gas pedal is like being flexible to an extent. You never know what is out there in work and play, so you have to keep your mind set on the goal at hand. Just because you build up something doesn’t mean that your business takes it easy. There is actually a segment during NFL Redzone that is called “The Witching Hour” where losses become wins and wins become losses.
Being a neurodivergent entrepreneur, I often have to remember that both my professional and personal life is always going to be the Witching Hour because there will be times where my wins become losses or vice versa. I sometimes get so comfortable with a situation that I tend to take my foot off the gas and that’s when trouble starts.
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There is also a saying that the bigger you go, the higher you fall and that is the case primarily with business owners, managers and employees that get so cocky that they are resistant to change. In my nearly 20 years in retail, I have worked with plenty of employers and employees that are cocky because they like the position they are in and as a result, they take their foot off the gas when they really shouldn’t and suffered the consequences as a result.
Take Aesop’s “The Tortoise and the Hare” for example. The Hare is the cocky one who gets so far ahead of the Tortoise that he takes his foot off the gas pedal. As a result, he ends up losing the race to the tortoise all because he felt like he deserved to slack off when he was so far ahead. In the case of the Hare, the bigger he went, the harder he fell.
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Looking at the Cardinals-49ers game, the San Francisco 49ers were playing the role of the hare while the Arizona Cardinals were the tortoise. In fact, the 49ers were the hare twice so far this year, losing to the Los Angeles Rams that played the role of the tortoise. The 49ers also play the role of the cocky employer or employee in the workplace who feels like they are above it all when they really aren’t.
From a neurodivergent persepctive, it’s important to acknowledge that taking your foot off the gas isn’t a good idea because whether you are in living everyday life, going to school or working at a job, you are required to switch gears and keep fighting until the task or job is done.
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Catch you all later!!
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