The good reason for doing the hard stuff first

Florida Hospital Winter Garden
Yesterday, Florida Hospital Winter Garden under construction.

 

Florida Hospital Winter Garden
Try building something great without blueprints.

 

The good reason for doing the hard stuff first is that the easy stuff is always easier than the hard stuff.

Draw the blueprints first.

Sweat the foundation, the infrastructural, the design.

You can decide later whether the family room floor will be tile, wood or carpet.

It doesn’t matter if you are certain about your floor if the house never gets built.

The easy stuff should always come last when it comes to organizational architecture.

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i wanted to change the world

Google art on elementary school white board
Years ago in our son’s elementary school classroom. Artist unknown.

 

i wanted to change the world.

Most American professionals have similar feelings.

Many Americans dream of their own entrepreneurial business.

So in 2014 i retired, to begin in earnest, as an entrepreneur.

It was something i wanted to do ‘someday’ (photo above).

This train of thought continues with “i always feel behind” at the next Blog

Not even the people at the top are immune

Apple Music selection screen shot
Two days ago. Important questions can be misinterpreted.

 

Two days ago, today’s (July 3) deadline got pushed back.

i’m flexible.

He’s overwhelmed.

Two CEO’s.

It happens.

No one is immune.

Not even the people at the top.

Consistency and time. Effort and patience. The long way is the short cut.

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From Little Lake Bryan to Mickey’s Retreat

Disney's Mickey's Retreat
Yesterday, a side trip after the Podiatrist visit.

 

Disney's Mickey's Retreat
Yesterday.

 

Let’s pretend you own land close to your main business and you convert this property, which includes a private lake, into an employee recreational complex.

You name this complex, Little Lake Bryan, after the official name of the lake.

Years later you rename it.

Why?

Because the words we use are one of several key ways to intentionally shape an organizational culture by design instead of letting culture happen ‘by default”, or unintentionally.

If Disney ran your business they’d change the name of your employee recreation facility from Little Lake Bryan to Mickey’s Retreat.

Much more powerful. Intentional. Meaningful.

By design.

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