Moving
We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are – Max De Pree. Making the move. From where we are to where we want to be. From who we are to who we need to be – for making that move. It’s critical.
Leadership
Complexity
Complexity clouds visibility. Complexity thrashes initiative. Complexity impairs motivation. Complexity stymies action. As a leader, it’s essential to simplify; so that visibility improves, initiatives thrive and motivation sustains. How do I unpack my complexities? How do I simplify? A Coach could help!
10X rule
Is this going to propel the company, person, or project by a factor of 10? If yes, it requires 2,000 percent of your time, energy, and focus – Grant Cardone in his book The 10X Rule. Am I looking for such possibilities? Don’t they exist? Am I using my time, energy and focus the best
Possible!
Impossible is till it’s tried – Anonymous. A hummingbird’s wings beat up to eighty times a second. They can rotate in a complete circle, hover in mid-air, fly forward, fly backwards, up, down, sideways, even upside-down! ‘The laws of physics say it should be impossible for the hummingbird to fly. Clearly nobody told the hummingbird’
Priorities
The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything – Warren Buffet. It’s about figuring out and staying with our priorities. That would make us say no over and over again to the unimportant things that keep floating around. That would make us say yes
Growing people
The swiftest way to grow your company is to grow your people – Robin Sharma. As a leader, am I growing my people? Am I nurturing their potential? Am I seeing and encouraging possibilities in them?
Seeing
The question is not what you look at, but what you see – H D Thoreau. A leader sees different things. A leader sees things differently. What am I seeing?
Best versions
Leadership is about getting people to be their best versions. One of the ways to bring about the best is to ask the question -‘Is this the best that we could do at this point in time?’ When I’m the best version of myself, am likely to get the people around also to be their
Being present
Wherever you are, make sure you’re there - Dan Sullivan. Being present, in whole, every moment. In every role. Am I watching, trying and being present (enough)? What happens when I am fully present in a moment? Good news is that I can enhance my presence. In every role.
Thoughts
All we are, is a result of our daily thoughts – Anonymous. What we think, we become. It’s therefore paramount for us to be mindful of what we think. Every day.