The right motive to lead is because you’re accepting the responsibility of helping other people live a better life through their work, and their impact on the organization. That’s a burden, a sacrifice. Wrong reasons: status, reward, selfishness. https://t.co/NkLxW6OzxW
The #1 cause of startup death is making something no one wants. The #2 cause is spending too much. Those two account for so many deaths that I'm not even sure what #3 is.
If you merely make something people want and don't spend too much, you're way ahead.
#FastResults- inspiration about folks accomplishing ambitious goals fast - https://t.co/lmXzVIQ7kK sample: "Apollo 8. On August 9 1968, NASA decided that Apollo 8 should go to the moon. It launched on December 21 1968, 134 days later"
100% - “ I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.” ― Frederick Douglass
Worth pinning: "If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them." - Henry David Thoreau
Digging this interface on @Garmin aka the life improvement device. Top to bottom: temp\windpseed, date, sunrise/sunset times, world map, ISS tracker, altitude, barometric pressure, HR, goals tracker, time here vs at home. #5amclub
Someone is either amidst of adversity, is coming out of adversity, or about to head into the adversity. Either way you have to prepare for it. #gmawisdom#embracethesuck
Spreetail's CEO said the company is looking to add 1,000 people over the next 12 months, about half of those in Nebraska. The company's biggest challenge? "Can we find the right people fast enough and can we train them fast enough." https://t.co/uJ9jb3fySP
On world class performers “this is demanding stuff. To excel, you have to pursue these activities at length and with intensity. You need to look deeply into yourself and select something you will find rewarding for its own sake to which to devote yourself."https://t.co/tap71W4qXz
"High standards are contagious (and teachable). Bring a new person onto a high standards team, and they'll quickly adapt. The opposite is also true. If low standards prevail, those too will quickly spread" https://t.co/7Ek6ei2IBP