This is the third time I’ve sat down to write this article. I outlined it twice, but I keep getting stuck at the same point every time. I feel like I am trying to solve an equation with too many variables, which is why we are going to begin this piece by defining big things and difficult, and we will then move on to the achieving part. [Read more…] about Must It Be Difficult to Achieve Big Things?
Archives for April 2018
The Inner Scorecard for Leaders
“Everything great in leadership begins in the unseen places, like gigantic oak trees developing from an acorn sprouting in the darkness of the dirt.” — one of my mentors, reminding me to work on the inner game to harvest visible success.
If you want to achieve greatness, begin with what others do not see. Be competitive with yourself in the deep things so that you don’t need to be competitive with others in shallow things.
In the wish-it-weren’t-so category: You can’t improve what you don’t measure. You must keep score in some way which allows you to monitor progress.
Your inner scorecard is about things only you can see, and require self-discipline to execute.
Pick from this list, or choose your own: [Read more…] about The Inner Scorecard for Leaders
Ideas: Shawn Askinosie — Meaningful Work: A Quest to Do Great Business, Find Your Calling, and Feed Your Soul
In this episode, I talk with Shawn Askinosie of Askinosie Chocolate about his book, Meaningful Work: A Quest to Do Great Business, Find Your Calling, and Feed Your Soul. We also discuss his journey to owning a chocolate company, purpose both in life and work, direct trade versus fair trade, and much more. You’ll want to make sure you listen to this episode all the way through to the end, because Shawn says something very profound that I think will benefit a lot of people.
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