Flow: 5/5
Actionability: 5/5
Mindset: 5/5
Some of My Highlights:
“When the right leader shows up, everyone breathes easy.”
“The most effective leaders did not try to be all things to all people.”
“Why then, in the management of organizations, is the exact role and application of a leader still so ill-defined?”
“Power comes from recognizing, accepting, and acting wholeheartedly in alignment with your unique wiring. This alignment, however, need not be selfish in the sense of accounting only for yourself.”
“…but not give or take in a way that’s not at least fairly close to an authentic expression of ourselves. Otherwise it’s not sustainable.”
“No leader is perfect in all situations.”
“Successful people make career decisions that cut off options.”
“…he and his board realized he was a much better founder than CEO.”
“We hope you feel even more empowered to leave your positive stamp on the world. To reinforce your path to peace of mind and fulfilling your soul’s desire.”
“‘We kill what is called ‘best practices”, Kish says. ‘Best practices that work for one company might be the worst practice for another.'”
“He advocates for continual refining of what works and what doesn’t.”
“Histories of Napoleon Bonaparte and Alexander the Great each report how much their enemies respected and feared their speed in battle.”
“‘You’re looking for themes and threads. I don’t have time to do a hundred things. I’ve got to pick three to five things to do really well.'”
“Fixers tend to be straight shooters.”
“All successful organizations experience points of maximum stress that test a leader’s abilities.”
“No matter how much you research before you buy, you always learn more after you own the place,”
“Creating measurable goals and continuing to push the limits is a big driver.”
“Boy, does that send an electrifying signal through the company and that travels through the hallways pretty quickly.”
“…giving them some time to vent before we move on to how we’re going to fix it. They need that.”
“Despite best efforts, even the best leaders and motivators find that not everyone wants to come along for the ride. ‘These are high-pressure situations where people are asked to do more in a shorter period of time than they probably have ever done in their careers,’ Short says.”
“…he goes for the easiest ideas with the biggest potential return.”
“…but the audience doesn’t care how beautiful your code looks if it doesn’t solve a problem for them.”
“Mozart admitted he wrote music ‘the way cows pissed.’ It just happened. It was unstoppable. It was the motivating force driving his existence.”