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.
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Accountability without consequences is wishful thinking.
Consequences mean decisions matter.
Don’t hold people accountable for what they hope to do. Hold them accountable for what they agree to do.
Support helps people carry responsibility. Rescue takes responsibility from them.
The desire to lead others makes self-leadership boring.
Most aspire to lead others. The best lead themselves.
Don’t be an expert at leading others, and a novice at leading yourself.
