by Rick Baker
On Mar 23, 2019
The Thinking Behind The Tweet
Anything shy of this isn't a successful sense of urgency.
Anything shy of this is guesswork, bad planning, or fighting phantom fires.
Anything shy of this is pretty much guaranteed to annoy everyone you drag into your situations.
by Rick Baker
On Mar 18, 2019
The Thinking Behind The Tweet
Many of us don't see the problems coming let alone see we are the specialists who create them.
For some people - problems get totally out of control...arriving one after another...time after time after time.
Some people cannot get out of their 'problem ruts'. They need help removing bad habits. They need the benefits found in other people's talents & strengths.
by Rick Baker
On Mar 16, 2019
Here's another quote, taken from Dirk Schlimm's book -
“The terms balance and restraint rarely come up as descriptors of powerful people or are cited as reasons for their success.”
This quote goes right to the heart of a major opportunity in business [and, in life]. To excel in business [and, in life] we must accept some bad things in order to obtain some good things. We all know this. We have known it since we were children and we heard [powerful] older folks talking about making sure they didn't throw babies out with bathwater.
Now, as we are doing our business work, we encounter people who hold powerful positions yet appear to us to lack focus, go off on new-idea tangents, and change their minds in most-annoying ways. As we encounter these powerful people, some of us take a cynical stance. Some of us mutter about the powerful people being lucky rather than skilled, dysfunctional rather than talented, way over their heads, etc.
Dirk recommends a more productive approach. When I read his advice, I think about seeking the strengths in powerful people. We should complement and emulate those strengths. Sure, we should also be aware of powerful people's weaknesses. We should use our personal strengths to fill the gaps that exist because of powerful people's weaknesses.
We should help our businesses gain advantage by drawing out the value embedded in differences.
Learning from powerful people, filling the gaps they create, and communicating effectively with them: Dirk teaches us how we can do these things.