Category: Leadership
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…I busted him up.
The further I go into my leadership quest, the more I understand this quote from Jean-Luc Picard. Perhaps this is wisdom? “It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness, that is life.” Jean-Luc Picard, “Peak Performance” (Star Trek: The Next Generation S2E21) In the episode’s B-plot, the android…
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What I Read in 2024
Ranked in the most visually appealing fashion: Overall Best Read: The Historian, by Elizabeth Kostova. This was by far my most enjoyable read of the year. Suggested by multiple freinds, it is now in my “instant recommendation” list. It’s got vampires, history, Eastern Europe, and a story spread over 3 generations. Don’t be scared by…
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Bullseye.
This quote is swiped from a cornerstone moment in the first season of Ted Lasso. Ted builds an entire soliloquy around this quote he attributes to Walt Whitman, using it to teach a life lesson to a series antagonist and to the viewer. It’s so in character for Ted that the quote itself is not…
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Actions speak louder than words.
Read enough books on leadership, listen to enough Ted talks, scroll enough LinkedIn posts, and a common theme appears. According to those sources, leadership is all about action! A sucessful leader is all about doing! Creating! Managing Change! Executing! Responding to things! The funny thing is, if you talk with leaders with strategy and vision…
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If we can’t imagine it, we’ can’t build it.
There’s a number of versions of this quote; I like the commanding tone of this one. When you have a grand idea, the first step is believing it’s possible. Everything after that is just an exercise in figuring out how to do it. If impossible things were fact, there wouldn’t be any innovation.