Our Third Core Value: Bring Your Best Self

At Stoic ProjectWorks, our Core Values shape how we plan, communicate, work, and partner. We’ve already shared our thoughts about the first two values: Be Human and Stay Humble. Today, I want to dig into the third value, the one that’s about showing up with purpose and care despite all that continually swirls around us:

Bring Your Best Self.

We’ve all had bad days. We get tired. Overwhelmed. Frustrated. Discouraged. Maybe a to-do list won’t stop growing or due dates keep creeping closer without much forward progress. Maybe things at home aren’t completely perfect. Or maybe you just had a horrible night's sleep. No matter the cause, for reasons that are often beyond our control, we may find ourselves struggling.

You know what? That’s okay! In fact, it’s expected, because we’re human! (Remember: Be Human.) We’re going to have those days!

The key to getting past challenging days is to prevent our negative emotions from dictating how the rest of the day unfolds, because how we show up affects the people around us and the work we produce. Our mindset, readiness, and attention level can spell the difference between a good workday and a bad one or a productive meeting and one that went off the rails.

Over time, too many bad days can lead to bad outcomes.

Now, Bring Your Best Self doesn’t mean being “on” all the time. It doesn’t mean being perfect. It doesn’t mean shoving your feelings aside and pretending they don’t exist. Again, we’re human, and we’re going to feel our feels.

Bring Your Best Self means:

• being intentional.

• staying present

• offering focus

• managing your vibes.

It also means understanding what your best looks like on any given day and meeting the bar that day makes possible.

We’re not superhuman. We don’t live in the comics. But even without superpowers, we can do our best to show up prepared, bring integrity to our work, and respect the time and contributions of others. Because when everyone brings their best, even imperfectly, teams succeed.

Bring Your Best Self is our commitment to showing up with care, for the work we’re doing and the team we’re working with.

We hope to have the opportunity to show you our best selves and, in turn, to see yours.