Soichiro Honda on success and failure
Success represents the 1% of your work which results from the 99% that is called failure. Instead of being afraid of the challenge and failure,… Read More »Soichiro Honda on success and failure
Processes (ways to get stuff Done)
Malcolm Gladwell on creativity, quality and quantity
This is from a great New Yorker article – I recommend checking out the whole thing. He refers to the researchers at Xerox Parc (often… Read More »Malcolm Gladwell on creativity, quality and quantity
Ahead of the day
It’s a wonderful feeling to be ahead of the day. Up early, time to spare, space to think, an open road ahead where you’ll get… Read More »Ahead of the day
A good day
Disclaimer: It’s possible that this is lifted directly from a book I’ve read recently or something I’ve listened to. If so, please point it out!… Read More »A good day
Atul Gawande on urgency, planning and deliberation
I brought to surgery my particular persona, which is to want to have more planning and more deliberation inserted into situations where there doesn’t seem… Read More »Atul Gawande on urgency, planning and deliberation
On mopping the floor
Sweep up. Mop the floor. Spend five minutes – five minutes! – a day putting things back in their places or working out where their… Read More »On mopping the floor
Enjoyment
… of good things is as useful as discipline. If you enjoy it, you’re more likely to do it, and to do it more often,… Read More »Enjoyment
The 12 Week Year – summary and review
The Big Idea(s) You probably have an execution problem more than you have a planning problem. Stop trying to plan annually. Plan and execute in… Read More »The 12 Week Year – summary and review
Chief Problem Solver
You’re not just the CEO or the CIO … Expand your title to see your role as the CPS – the Chief Problem Solver. In… Read More »Chief Problem Solver
Brian Moran and Michael Lennington on execution
The number-one factor holding people back from achieving what they are truly capable of is not a lack of knowledge, intellect, or information. It’s not… Read More »Brian Moran and Michael Lennington on execution