Execution
Idea is cheap. Everyone has plenty. Execution is what made an idea a reality. You will realise you lack resources and face all the obstacles when you are executing your plan. It takes resolve, strategy and resourcefulness to overcome the limitations.
(Excerpt from The Vision Thing by Fred Wilson) … leadership comes in two flavors, visionary leadership and operational leadership. Founders are almost always visionaries (if they aren’t, run in the opposite...
April 22, 2021|
Execution, People
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(Excerpt from Extreme Leadership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin) … they must recognize that when it comes to standards, as a leader, it’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate. When setting...
August 29, 2020|
Execution
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(Excerpt from Keep Going by Austin Kleon) Lots of people want to be the noun without doing the verb. They want the job title without the work. Let go of the thing that you’re trying to be (the noun), and focus on the...
August 27, 2020|
Execution
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(Extracted from The Obstacle is the Way by Ryan Holiday) We are A-to-Z thinkers, fretting about A, obsessing over Z, yet forgetting all about B through Y....
January 2, 2020|
Execution, Life
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(Extracted from Double Your Profits: In Six Months Or Less by Bob Fifer) All costs are divided into two categories: Strategic costs are defined as all those things that clearly bring in business and improve the bottom...
November 21, 2019|
Execution
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(Extracted from Whatever It Takes by Stephen Schwarzman) Every entrepreneur knows the feeling: that moment of despair when the only thing you are aware of is the giant gap between where you find yourself and the life...
November 9, 2019|
Execution, Path Dependence
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(Extracted from Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday) Passion is seen in those who can tell you in great detail who they intend to become and what their success will be like—they might even be able to tell you...
October 19, 2019|
Execution, Life
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(Extracted from David Perell’s Monday Musings (9/30/19) During a recent interview with Derek Thompson, Spiegel talked about how he invented the Stories format. Here’s how Spiegel told the story: ...
October 15, 2019|
Execution
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(Extracted from Bloomberg on Bloomberg) I’ve always believed that management’s ability to influence work habits through edict is limited. Ordering something gets it done, perhaps. When you turn your back,...
October 4, 2019|
Execution, Structure drives behaviour
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(Extracted from Bloomberg on Bloomberg) The risks attendant with developing technology I think properly belong to the manufacturer or software writer. They get the profits if it works; they should take the grief if...
October 4, 2019|
Execution
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