I love to get ideas from other fields to use in my space of business and personal development.
There is one chapter inside Kathleen Panula Hockey’s book, Raising Depression Free Children devoted to describe five specific critical thinking skills that we can teach our children. My children are depression free, but I love the chapter anyway.
I consume a very large number of books, articles and other learning materials. I have found that no one seems to have the magic grail. However, many excellent ideas and tidbits come from them. I find it best to use them as catalysts for my own thoughts and ideas.
Several years ago, Jim Collins crafted a nifty professional development succession path. At the highest level, Level 5, you’ll find the most special kind of leader.
Many of you already know about the kinds of business successes I have been able to facilitate over the years. Many of you also ask me how I am able to provide high quality advice to so many companies at one time.
The answer is leverage. Getting more out than you put in.
It seems that many people are concerned overly much about being mistake free. So concerned that they fail to take action instead spend an inordinate amount of time on planning, research and calculations.
Sometimes all of our digital capabilities makes this issues even worse.
In World War 2 a submarine captain had to be very certain his vessel was properly aimed before he fired. He could (should) spend hours making certain he had a high probability of success before he fired. That’s because the torpedo worked much like a bullet. You have to have the proper aim before you pull the trigger.
Tom Peters called this sticking to your knitting. Jay Abraham tells us to maximize what you are already doing before trying something new.
I say focus on what you are now doing, get the fat out of all the processes and maximize productivity. Your organization has an enormous amount of energy being spent on a vast array of activities. Think of it this way. It is unlikely you have people sitting around all do doing nothing, waiting for the next big opportunity or crisis.
