A few thoughts on Leadership

Leaders lead up, down, and across. They don’t harbour feelings, they have no resentments. They are capable to say with clarity what’s on their mind, get buy-in from others, and move on. Leaders don’t have interpersonal conflicts with their peers, leaders, and subordinates. Leaders aren’t easily disturbed, perturbed, or emotionally compromised.Leaders exemplifying stability, order, and…

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Is it so?

If everything is important, nothing is important.Thoughts to get you through your day, your work, your life. “This too shall pass.”– Persian adage “You cannot underestimate the unimportance of practically everything.”– John C Maxwell “Who would you be if you didn’t believe this lie?”– Byron Katie (the lies we tell ourselves about reality) “Is it…

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Scaling Culture

The best way to scale a culture is a mix of nature and nurture. Nature, in this sense, is about letting culture scale organically. Nurture, in this sense, is trying to define the culture as part of the strategy. Too much nature, and the risk is great; the culture will erode as you scale. Too…

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We live by a code.

We live by a set of codes. Values, principles, philosophies that we choose to agree on and strive to behave according to.  One of such philosophies is to be aware of, and work to repel, the 5 Dysfunctions common to Teams.  What are they? How do they manifest? The first, and easy step, is to…

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Ruined Men

I’ve seen many men go into ruins. Some from riches, some from what seemed like a bottom. C****, Y***, currently W*****, my own biological and step fathers. End of life, nothing to show. I’ve seen a very few men recover like, S***** and T***** comes to mind. There are patterns, consistent in all men who…

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Speed and Trajectory

I have plenty of people in my community who I’ve mentored. Some have been in the country for only 4-5 years and are miles ahead of you. Why?Are they smarter or better than you? No.They’re simply operating on a different OS. You’re not going to get from here to there downloading mental apps. You need…

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