Remembering the people who came before us is important.
I’m mentoring a young man whose great strength and weakness is his energy. His mind runs at 100 MPH and it only turns off when he sleeps, if he does in fact sleep.
Think about the key decisions facing you. Perhaps you’ve been putting one of them off. Perhaps you’re facing one deadline or another - buying or selling a home, hiring or letting go of an employee, making a decision on your career or family path.
The topic of “what it takes to be an entrepreneur” gets only a little less ink than “what it takes to be a leader”.
Author’s Note: These short stories are a series exemplify lessons I’ve learned in building a foundation. I realized in writing these that I’m not embarrassed by the mistakes I’ve made; perhaps I’m even proud of them. They have been my tuition for learning.
The big idea is elusive, at best, and can take years to develop. So, the best organizations develop a consistent pattern of small gains and progress while they’re looking for the big idea. This is the key to progress.
In the early 1980s, my advertising client convinced me that when a restaurant adds a menu item, they should subtract one at the same time. Their irrefutable logic was that a new product has a better chance to be a winner if you drop one that’s selling poorly. Everyone’s resources are limited, they said, so focus is essential.
How’s that for a bold headline? I’m a searcher so I accept that my definition may change again but here we go.
