Quality is the best business plan.
John Lasseter, filmmaker Toy Story, etc.
To a mind that is still the whole universe surrenders.
Lao Tzu
Scaling Up Master Business Course Enrollment closes next week:
Doors are closing soon for my 3-month Scaling Up Master Business Course. This program is designed to help you overcome your biggest scaling constraints and use that momentum to practically raise profits, energy, and overall impact throughout your organization. More info (and what we’ve helped other business leaders accomplish) here: https://hubs.li/H0XNXRl0
Square Co-Founder Jim McKelvey Oct 21 – Complimentary
Billionaire Jim McKelvey, co-founder with Jack Dorsey (Twitter fame) of Square, is joining three other top authors for our fall virtual 90-minute Summit Oct 21, 3:21pm – 5:05pm ET. He’s author of The Innovation Stack (fantastic read). In the book and Oct 21 he shares how they took on Amazon and beat them. It’s a humorous and hugely insightful story with lessons for all of us wanting to dominate our industry and crush competitors! The summit is no charge – our gift to you – but you need to register . More practical ideas per minute!!!
Flourishing vs. Languishing – Adam Grant’s Latest TED Talk
Finding yourself laying in bed, knowing you need to go to sleep but you’re mindlessly surfing the internet? Many are languishing, as famous professor and author Adam Grant (Give and Take; Think Again) describes in his latest 15-minute TED talk. The start is a little odd, but push through the first minute – and for a huge laugh go to 7:45. In short, to move from languishing to flourishing/flow he suggests his Mario Kart theory of flow: mastery, mindfulness, mattering. Grab your favorite beverage and learn/enjoy.
Invisible Productivity – Adding Psychological Safety to a Team
Serial entrepreneur, modern elder at Airbnb, and luxury hotelier Chip Conley shared an interesting stat this week in his blog -- Older American’s (60+) Accounted for All the Net Employment Growth the Past 20 Years! In this 3-minute video he goes on to detail how adding a “modern elder” to your team can provide the psychological safety that Google’s Project Aristotle found was the #1 key to team productivity. At 2:45 he takes 15 seconds to describe this person, giving you an idea whom this might be. Invisible productivity is real!
Weekend Countdown – 1-Minute of Wisdom
Enjoy this kickoff to your weekend – some bits of wisdom from a fresh set of wise teachers, updated each weekend.
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