Winning is dangerous.
Katie Ledecky won her first Olympic gold medal when she was 15 years old (a freshman in high school). At 28 she’s the most decorated female Olympian in history. She has 14 Olympic medals. Nine gold.
Success hasn’t hardened into nostalgia for Ledecky.
Don’t make winning your primary focus.
A hawk took a mouse in our front yard. The mouse dined in the cornfield. On its way home, the hawk dined on the mouse.
There’s no cosmic conspiracy. No malice. No mercy. It’s beautiful carnage. Everything is as it should be.
Nature is amoral. Humans are responsible.
January 1, I wrote, “Look at your calendar. Is it filled with ‘what’ and ‘when?’ Resolve that your calendar will reflect relationship building.
Efficiency is a tool. Humanity is the fuel.” (Relationship Resolutions for Leaders)
Edgar commented, “Curious about calendars filled with ‘what’ and ‘when’.
How to build a people-centric calendar?
You can’t win with rocks in your pockets.
Weight…
Steals energy.
Slows decisions.
Drains resolve.
Clarity is weight loss for leaders.
The longer you carry a rock, the heavier it gets.
Drop the four rocks leaders carry.
Toxic culture means working harder to reach average.
Sick culture is an invisible cost that shows up on the bottom line.
Make resolutions that impact the way you treat each other while you work.
Culture reveals itself when…
1. Success stories are shared.
2. A leader walks into a room.
More…
Poor relationship skills limit leaders. Human ties strengthen us to face challenges. Confidence requires connection.
Detached leaders have friction-filled teams.
Efficiency without humanity weakens performance.
Efficiency is a tool. Humanity is the fuel.
Productivity takes the shortest path. Humanity energizes the will to walk it.
