📣 Curious Quotes from the Author
“The day you are not solving problems or are not up to your butt in problems is probably a day you are no longer leading. If your desk is clean and no one is bringing you problems, you should be very worried. It means that people don't think you can solve them or don't want to hear about them. Or, far worse, it means they don't think you care.”
“The ties that bind us are stronger than the occasional stresses that separate us.”
“No matter how significant or life-changing your greatest hit or miss might be, neither even begins to define who you are. Each of us is a product of all our experiences and all our interactions with other people. To cite calculus, we are the area under the curve.”
“ON BUSY BASTARDS: A busy bastard can’t stop finding things to do. He never rests and as a result, his staff never rests. He’s always making work that expands to fill whatever time is available. The point I make in my book is: Be busy, work hard, but don’t become so busy that you cut out other things in life, like family and recreation and hobbies. And never be so busy that you’re not giving your staff and your followers enough time to do the same thing.”
“Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.”
“Few people make sound or sustainable decisions in an atmosphere of chaos. The more serious the situation, usually accompanied by a deadline, the more likely everyone will get excited and bounce around like water on a hot skillet. At those times I try to establish a calm zone but retain a sense of urgency. Calmness protects order, ensures that we consider all the possibilities, restores order when it breaks down, and keeps people from shouting over each other. You are in a storm. The captain must steady the ship, watch all the gauges, listen to all the department heads, and steer through it. If the leader loses his head, confidence in him will be lost and the glue that holds the team together will start to give way. So assess the situation, move fast, be decisive, but remain calm and never let them see you sweat.”
“Fear and failure are always present. Accept them as part of life and learn how to manage these realities. Be scared, but keep going. Being scared is usually transient. It will pass. If you fail, fix the causes and keep going.”
“If you take the pay, earn it. Always do your very best. Even when no one else is looking, you always are. Don’t disappoint yourself.”
“• Tell me what you know. • Tell me what you don’t know. • Then tell me what you think. • Always distinguish which from which.”
“Each of us is a product of all our experiences and all our interactions with other people.”
“When things go badly, it is your fault, not theirs. You are responsible. Analyze how it happened, make the necessary fixes, and move on. No mass punishment or floggings. Fire people if you need to, train harder, insist on a higher level of performance, give halftime rants if that shakes a group up. But never forget that failure is your responsibility.”
📚 Cognition of the Book’s Big Idea
You can just get your subordinates together in a small group and do casual chats. These meetings can concentrate on a particular subject or discuss general topics for the following day. In order to show respect for the participants' time, make every effort to keep meetings as uninterrupted as feasible. Therefore, don't interrupt a meeting to discuss other issues unless it's absolutely necessary.
Finally, keep in mind that the goal of the meeting is to establish a connection with your team, so be sure to do just that. Being an expert at your work and managing people is a prerequisite for mastering leadership. That is the primary lesson to be learned from Colin Powell's It Worked for Me. Being competent, having a clear direction for the company, and developing oneself via training and assessment are all components of being good in your profession. An effective leader must also be a master at conducting meetings and resolving issues. Above all, though, a true leader understands how important it is to look after their followers.]
Establishing three components in your organization—kindness, trust, and respect for one another—is necessary to achieve this. After that, provide your followers with the tools they require to assist you in achieving the shared objective. You'll be more than prepared to guide your squad to success if you put these tips into practice.
Until Tomorrow,
Jason (Founder Club255)