You need an edge?
Really?
Yes.
And the sooner you start thinking about this, the sooner you can start taking action.
Taking action is the only way to make it happen.
One foot in front of the other. There is no other way.
You Need An Edge
Tag: Mid Life
Leadership Books
I get it. There is only so much a person can read. We can’t do it all. Right there with you. And, many of us received new books as gifts recently.
What books changed your life last year?
There were a few for me. Two had significant impact.
Up first, The Last Lecture, by Randy Pausch. Randy was a Carnegie Mellon computer science professor, in his mid-40’s. He had a wife and three children under the age of six.
Then he got pancreatic cancer.
To paraphrase what I heard Randy say:
This isn’t a book about dying. It’s a book about living.
It isn’t a book for you and me. It is a book for Randy Pausch’s children.
How did this book change my life?
It is in living in the moment that makes us great leaders. Doing things – things that matter – with a heightened sense of urgency has changed my life. I’ll tell you why tomorrow.
Christmas Gift for You
Do you celebrate anything this time of year? Some do and some don’t. No worries.
Today’s post is the conclusion from yesterday’s promise to reveal an important truth. Discovering it is like receiving a very special gift.
Spirituality is simply one of many diversity layers we should all respect, appreciate, value and encourage.
One Christmas tradition that many (not all) participate in is gift giving.
My Family celebrates Christmas and the birth of Jesus. Needed to tell you that so I can tell you this.
And here is my gift to you.
The only thing that can stop you is also deceptively simple.
And this thing that can stop you is so strong, a thousand warriors can not overcome this one lone obstacle.
You.
Merry Christmas.
Number One Thing to Do
First of all, thanks for coming back. Can you believe today is Christmas eve?
Do you already now what I’m going to say?
It’s simple. Deceptively simple.
The number one thing to do is to create a compelling vision. Period.
Compelling.
Not long winded. Not fancy. No big words.
It must also be impossible. And it must be for some bigger purpose, meaning, not for yourself.
When you learn how to harness this powerful leadership success tip, there is nothing that can stop you. Nothing.
Well, hold on, there is one thing. Do you know what it is?
Tomorrow is Christmas day and it’ll be my gift to you.
Epiphany For Culture
Driving to Church last Sunday, it hit me. An epiphany. Not a Christian epiphany, a corporate epiphany.
Do you ever wonder why some succeed and some don’t? Or wonder why some achieve excellence and others remain behind, being good or very good?
The secret? It’s so simple that most of us, myself included, bypass it or drastically discount it.
If you’ve ever read Good to Great or heard from others who’ve described what the bestselling business book is about, you know that good is the enemy of great.
And because of this, there’s one simple technique that we can all learn from history. And I’ll share it with you first thing tomorrow. Want to guess what it is?