Achieving cancer registry success is not easy.  It is challenging to keep operations moving smoothly while ensuring your team is pleased with your work and then trying to stay on top of the many reporting standards and guidelines.  You may be wondering if you will EVER step off that treadmill or if you’ll be sent flying off the end of the belt like a Frisbee out of control!

Do the Opposite

There’s a rule in business that you may find helpful.  It’s called “The Law of Holes.”  I have no idea who coined this phrase, but it is incredibly powerful and one of the most useful laws you may ever come across.  The rule says this, “When you find yourself in one, stop digging!”  

Have you ever had that feeling that the deeper you went into a problem or situation, the darker it became?  If you have, that was The Law of Holes “speaking” to you.  If you have not been in this position yet, give yourself a pat on the back.  But, remember this, it is not a matter of if you ever experience hole digging, it is only a matter of when.  So, how do you avoid the dark holes and the pits in the cancer registry?

Brian Tracy, internationally renowned self-help author and motivational speaker, offers an alternative.  Our natural tendency when we find ourselves in a hole is to dig deeper.  And, the deeper you go the darker it becomes.  Sometimes, doing the exact opposite will turn out to the better, or perhaps even perfect, solution.  

Do the opposite of what you have been doing, with joy and positive expectations, and you will likely get results.  Maybe not 100% of the time, but don’t underestimate it’s power and potential for change.  When you do have a success moment, drop back to this blog post and tell us what you did and how it worked.  By sharing with your cancer registry network you will expand your success potential and develop a community of expertise and support.    

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Michele Webb creator of  http://www.RegistryMindset.com the cancer registrar’s best online resource, is a nationally recognized, certified cancer registrar, committed to Cancer Registry leadership and professional education as a coach, mentor, motivational speaker and author.  You have permission to repost this article as long as do not alter it in any way and give a link back and credit to the author and this URL.