Week Nine
I am not sure what to say this week. I included my notes of what I found interesting in our readings.
When it comes to execution, sometimes I am good at it and sometimes I am not. I have too many fears and doubts. When I don't know how to do something, sometimes I don't know how to figure it out on my own. I am so used to there being a logical answer to questions, that I can't always think of creative situations. In school I was always good at math. We learned the formulas and they resolved the practice problems we were given. I was never given a question that I didn't already know the answer to. It was logical and clear to me. When I was in English class and had to write a paper, that's when I started to get nervous. I would always be asking myself what it was the teacher was looking for. I couldn't decided which choices were best to make. There was too much freedom for my taste. I didn't know what to do with it. The only part of English that I liked was grammar. Rules are good.
So when I am asked to do something I don't know how to do, my adreneline levels spike up. I get stressed and short tempered and worry a lot, even when that something isn't very grand or important.
I wonder how I can develop a skill of execution. What can I practice that will teach me how to make creative solutions naturally?
David A Bednar -
Though within the reach of all who diligently strive to gain it, faith is nevertheless a divine gift [and can be obtained only from God (see Matthew 16:17; John 6:44, 65; Ephesians 2:8; 1 Corinthians 12:9; Romans 12:3; Moroni 10:11)]. As is fitting for so priceless a pearl, it is given to those only who show by their sincerity that they are worthy of it, and who give promise of abiding by its dictates. ~ James E. Talmage
https://www2.byui.edu/Presentations/transcripts/devotionals/2004_08_31_bednardavid.htm
And in that day shall be heard of wars and rumors of wars, and the whole earth shall be in commotion, and men’s hearts shall fail them, Doctrine and Covenants 45:26
ACTON The ability to execute is more valuable than education or talent, because it is far rarer. -
People in their late teens and early twenties often have a misconception about life. They believe that their greatest challenges will come from unforeseen events and external circumstances. This turns out to be untrue. The greatest challenges always come from within.
Underpromise and overdeliver.
Put results before schmoozing
Your assignment is to get the job done, not run a counseling service for underachievers.
Never allow a subordinate to bring you problems, even though this may play to your desire for action. Leaders execute in their assignments because the people led by them are inspired to execute on theirs. If you have attracted a team that is dependent on you for detailed directions, then you are the problem.
The world is overpopulated with planners, procrastinators and political schemers
Leadership with a small "l"
Lead by example
Lead with vision
Lead with love
To you mothers and fathers and prospective mothers and fathers, the very most important thing you can do for your children is to love each other and support each other and help each other become everything Heavenly Father wants you to be. You stand before God and your children as husband and wife, father and mother, equal partners in the sacred responsibility of creating an eternal family.
Good to Great
Disciplined people
Disciplined thought
Disciplined action
First"who" then "What"
Proceed on the basis that potential Level 5 Leaders already exist throughout the entire organization – so you should encourage personal development, mentoring, teaching opportunities and so forth.
“Good is the enemy of great. And that is one of the key reasons why we have so little that becomes great... it is just so easy to settle for a good life."
“You can accomplish anything in life, provided that you do not mind who gets the credit.” – Harry S. Truman
"concentrate on getting the right people on board, and then they will figure out what the most important objective should be."
When in doubt, don’t hire – just keep looking
Engage in genuine dialogue and debate, not coercion.
“When you turn over rocks and look at all the squiggly things underneath, you can either put the rocks down, or you can say, ‘My job is to turn over rocks and look at the squiggly things’, even if what you see can scare the hell out of you.” – Fred Purdue, executive, Pitney Bowes
Good-to-great companies move ahead of their competitors by pursuing only those projects that have three traits in common: 1. What they can be “best-in-the-world” at. 2. What drives profitability for their business model. 3. What the people are deeply passionate about.
Good-to-great companies have “Stop Doing” lists instead – lists of things the company will stop doing in order to better focus on the hedgehog concept.
“The good-to-great companies appear boring and pedestrian looking in from the outside, but upon closer inspection, they’re full of people who display extreme diligence and a stunning intensity.” – Jim Collins
But disciplined action without self-disciplined people is impossible to sustain, and disciplined action without disciplined thought is a recipe for disaster.” – Jim Collins
There’s no formal launch of a development program, just one solid achievement after another
a predictable pattern of small buildups and breakthroughs occur, each contributing to momentum in a consistent direction over a sustained period of time
“I believe it is no harder to build something great than to build something good. It might be statistically more rare to reach greatness, but it does not require more suffering than perpetuating mediocrity. Indeed, if some of the comparison companies in our study are any indication, it involves less suffering, and perhaps even less work."
There is great solace in the simple fact of clarity – about what is vital, and what is not
much of what we’re doing is at best a waste of energy
“The real question is not, ‘Why greatness?’ but ‘What work makes you feel compelled to try to create greatness?’ If you have to ask the question, ‘Why should we try to make it great? Isn’t success enough?’ Then you’re probably engaged in the wrong line of work.” – Jim Collins
1. great product
2. believe you are the best
3. passion for your product
Guy Kawasaki
Two types of people, Eaters and Bakers.
always think "how can I help this person?"
Frank Levinson
"We try to hire nice people...caring about one another is important"
The whole goal of business is to weld customers to you, part of doing that is treating them like you want to be treated or more."
Carly Fiorini
most important capability - ask a question and hear an answer.
Customer's always know what's wrong. = leading indicator
People who stop trying new things are old before their time
Charles darwin - It is not the strongest or most inteligent species that survives but those most adaptive to change
When it comes to execution, sometimes I am good at it and sometimes I am not. I have too many fears and doubts. When I don't know how to do something, sometimes I don't know how to figure it out on my own. I am so used to there being a logical answer to questions, that I can't always think of creative situations. In school I was always good at math. We learned the formulas and they resolved the practice problems we were given. I was never given a question that I didn't already know the answer to. It was logical and clear to me. When I was in English class and had to write a paper, that's when I started to get nervous. I would always be asking myself what it was the teacher was looking for. I couldn't decided which choices were best to make. There was too much freedom for my taste. I didn't know what to do with it. The only part of English that I liked was grammar. Rules are good.
So when I am asked to do something I don't know how to do, my adreneline levels spike up. I get stressed and short tempered and worry a lot, even when that something isn't very grand or important.
I wonder how I can develop a skill of execution. What can I practice that will teach me how to make creative solutions naturally?
David A Bednar -
Though within the reach of all who diligently strive to gain it, faith is nevertheless a divine gift [and can be obtained only from God (see Matthew 16:17; John 6:44, 65; Ephesians 2:8; 1 Corinthians 12:9; Romans 12:3; Moroni 10:11)]. As is fitting for so priceless a pearl, it is given to those only who show by their sincerity that they are worthy of it, and who give promise of abiding by its dictates. ~ James E. Talmage
https://www2.byui.edu/Presentations/transcripts/devotionals/2004_08_31_bednardavid.htm
And in that day shall be heard of wars and rumors of wars, and the whole earth shall be in commotion, and men’s hearts shall fail them, Doctrine and Covenants 45:26
ACTON The ability to execute is more valuable than education or talent, because it is far rarer. -
People in their late teens and early twenties often have a misconception about life. They believe that their greatest challenges will come from unforeseen events and external circumstances. This turns out to be untrue. The greatest challenges always come from within.
Underpromise and overdeliver.
Put results before schmoozing
Your assignment is to get the job done, not run a counseling service for underachievers.
Never allow a subordinate to bring you problems, even though this may play to your desire for action. Leaders execute in their assignments because the people led by them are inspired to execute on theirs. If you have attracted a team that is dependent on you for detailed directions, then you are the problem.
The world is overpopulated with planners, procrastinators and political schemers
Leadership with a small "l"
Lead by example
Lead with vision
Lead with love
To you mothers and fathers and prospective mothers and fathers, the very most important thing you can do for your children is to love each other and support each other and help each other become everything Heavenly Father wants you to be. You stand before God and your children as husband and wife, father and mother, equal partners in the sacred responsibility of creating an eternal family.
Good to Great
Disciplined people
Disciplined thought
Disciplined action
First"who" then "What"
Proceed on the basis that potential Level 5 Leaders already exist throughout the entire organization – so you should encourage personal development, mentoring, teaching opportunities and so forth.
“Good is the enemy of great. And that is one of the key reasons why we have so little that becomes great... it is just so easy to settle for a good life."
“You can accomplish anything in life, provided that you do not mind who gets the credit.” – Harry S. Truman
"concentrate on getting the right people on board, and then they will figure out what the most important objective should be."
When in doubt, don’t hire – just keep looking
Engage in genuine dialogue and debate, not coercion.
“When you turn over rocks and look at all the squiggly things underneath, you can either put the rocks down, or you can say, ‘My job is to turn over rocks and look at the squiggly things’, even if what you see can scare the hell out of you.” – Fred Purdue, executive, Pitney Bowes
Good-to-great companies move ahead of their competitors by pursuing only those projects that have three traits in common: 1. What they can be “best-in-the-world” at. 2. What drives profitability for their business model. 3. What the people are deeply passionate about.
Good-to-great companies have “Stop Doing” lists instead – lists of things the company will stop doing in order to better focus on the hedgehog concept.
“The good-to-great companies appear boring and pedestrian looking in from the outside, but upon closer inspection, they’re full of people who display extreme diligence and a stunning intensity.” – Jim Collins
But disciplined action without self-disciplined people is impossible to sustain, and disciplined action without disciplined thought is a recipe for disaster.” – Jim Collins
There’s no formal launch of a development program, just one solid achievement after another
a predictable pattern of small buildups and breakthroughs occur, each contributing to momentum in a consistent direction over a sustained period of time
“I believe it is no harder to build something great than to build something good. It might be statistically more rare to reach greatness, but it does not require more suffering than perpetuating mediocrity. Indeed, if some of the comparison companies in our study are any indication, it involves less suffering, and perhaps even less work."
There is great solace in the simple fact of clarity – about what is vital, and what is not
much of what we’re doing is at best a waste of energy
“The real question is not, ‘Why greatness?’ but ‘What work makes you feel compelled to try to create greatness?’ If you have to ask the question, ‘Why should we try to make it great? Isn’t success enough?’ Then you’re probably engaged in the wrong line of work.” – Jim Collins
1. great product
2. believe you are the best
3. passion for your product
Guy Kawasaki
Two types of people, Eaters and Bakers.
always think "how can I help this person?"
Frank Levinson
"We try to hire nice people...caring about one another is important"
The whole goal of business is to weld customers to you, part of doing that is treating them like you want to be treated or more."
Carly Fiorini
most important capability - ask a question and hear an answer.
Customer's always know what's wrong. = leading indicator
People who stop trying new things are old before their time
Charles darwin - It is not the strongest or most inteligent species that survives but those most adaptive to change
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