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Move the Needle
With one of my coachees we delivered 52.5x growth in share price over six years. Looking back, the operating principle…
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MONTHLY LEADERSHIP NOTES
business insights to shift your paradigm
I write from distilled experience and acute observation. Written by a CEO for CEOs.
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When the Founder Becomes the Bottleneck
At the last webinar, I spoke about the founder’s mindset and how it differs from an entrepreneurial mindset. Successful startups…
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The Soul of the Bean
I am sipping a nice triple-espresso as I write this leadership note. Coffee is like peace of mind: there are…
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The Myth of the Perfect Juggler
Recently, one of my readers asked a question in the last webinar that got my attention. It read, “How does…
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Hope Is Not a Strategy
For every Slack or Notion that caught fire organically, there are thousands of excellent products that died in obscurity. Growth…
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How to Build an A+ Team of Dragons
Following on from the leadership note I wrote last month, Why Excellence Costs More, I found your reflections and questions…
Bill Gates
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From a library of international bestsellers, these hand-picked titles represent the most powerful catalysts for personal and professional transformation.
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Selling the Wheel
This book will help you:
Master the art of selling by matching your approach to where customers are in their buying journey
The Innovator’s Dilemma
This book will help you:
Understand why great companies fail and how to avoid disruption in your industry
The Hard Thing about Hard Thing
This book will help you:
Navigate the brutal realities of building a business with battle-tested CEO wisdom
Nonviolent Communication
This book will help you:
Transform conflicts into peaceful dialogues and create deeper connections with others
Cold Steel
This book will help you:
Master the mindset and tactics of history's greatest warriors for modern success
The Lucifer Effect
This book will help you:
Understand how good people turn evil and protect yourself from harmful social influences
LIFE REFLECTIONS
philosophy that makes you think
More than 400 reflections on all things life
Finding Purpose
What is Beautiful?
"Beneath beauty lies a sense of connection. Whatever you can connect with, you will find beautiful."
Overcoming Fear
The Cosmic Law of Interconnectedness
"Our individual existence is not limited to this body or lifetime alone...we carry within us infinite realms of eternal beauty."
Building Resilience
The Worst Disease
"What illness dries you out, hollows you and weakens you from the core? It's not cancer, it's even worse."
Creating Balance
Suffering to Happiness
"On the journey of life, the train of happiness has no destination as such. Life is happiness."
Embracing Change
To Love and Be Loved Back
"For the caring heart, love knocks on the most unexpected door at the least expected time."
Mastering Emotions
When They don’t Love You Back
"What can you do when an apple rots? Matters of the heart are similar. Love is something like that."
Achieving Success
It’s Not Your Fault
"A lump of clay may be outstanding in its own right, but, ultimately it's the potter who shapes it."
Finding Peace
Revenge
"Can justice and revenge ever be used in the same sentence?"
Building Relationships
A Spiritual Experience
"Here's a beautiful story from the life of a saint showing the power of a genuine spiritual experience."