I am – in many ways – the person I have been since childhood.
My dad showed me how to love my wife. But otherwise, he rarely expressed emotion.
I learned that emotions were private things. I have slowly learned how to show my heart.
The value of looking back is insight, not blame.
Immaturity doesn’t stay inside a person. It bleeds on everyone.
One defensive person delays honest conversations. One hothead makes everyone walk on eggshells. An insecure leader turns talented people into threats.
One leader who needs to be right keeps everyone working on the wrong problem.
Gain insight into the immaturity penalty.
Bottlenecks protect the status quo.
A bottleneck is blocking your efforts to make things better. Now what?
A bottleneck…
Buries themselves in detail.
Chooses what is over what might be.
Uses policy and procedure to control.
Closes their ears.
How to bust bottlenecks…
Cipolla’s Five Laws of Human Stupidity.
#1. We always underestimate how many stupid people there are.
#2. Stupidity has nothing to do with a person’s other characteristics.
#3. A stupid person harms others without benefiting himself.
#4. Non-stupid people always underestimate the damaging power of stupid people.
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“Put your ass where your heart wants to be.” Steven Pressfield
“I want” isn’t commitment. Passion and planning aren’t action. “These are good ideas” is comforting drivel.
The evidence of commitment is singular and obvious. It’s action. Nothing more. Nothing less.
Maturity doesn’t come naturally. It’s learned.
Plants mature with age. People don’t. You can be old and self-absorbed.
Experience isn’t maturity. You can be experienced and act like an infant.
Knowledge doesn’t make you mature. Educated people can throw tantrums when people don’t listen.
Gain insights into how leaders develop maturity…
