“One central idea I try to communicate in my courses is that history is the study of choices. It follows no predetermined script. History is determined by the choices made by people both famous and unknown.”
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Topics: One Thing, People, People Decisions, Jim Collins, The Right People, Key Metrics, Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0
This blog originally appeared on March 18th, 2009. I was married at the time, and my son Josh was 12. There are many more distractions available to us now. COVID made us learn to appreciate our relationships more, while irreparably displacing how we interact with others. Since this, I’ve gotten divorced, survived cancer, and seen my last two sons graduate from college.
Read MoreTopics: One Thing, Focus, Relationships and Productivity, Distraction
In Love is Free. Guac is Extra: How Vulnerability, Empowerment, and Curiosity Built an Unstoppable Team, Monte Moran, Chipotle’s Co CEO from 2009 - 2016 dedicates an entire chapter (7) to priorities.
Read MoreTopics: One Thing, Top Priority, priorities, The Right People, Company Culture, Monty Moran, Love is Free. Gauc is Extra
Topics: Business Growth, One Thing, Scale Up, Scaling Up Business Growth Workshop
Write Yourself a Swimming Pool – Joe Polish, Dean Graziosi – San Antonio ScaleUp Summit
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Jul 6, 2017
“John and I literally used to sit down and say, ‘Now, let’s write a swimming pool.'” – Paul McCartney
Read MoreTopics: One Thing, Marketing, strategy, strategy decisions, Scale Up Summit San Antonio, Joe Polish, Dean Graziosi
Steve Job’s Last One Thing – Scaling Up Summit San Antonio
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, May 22, 2017
There are a lot movies, criticism, and accolades for Steve Job, yet none can deny his ability to innovate.
Read MoreTopics: One Thing, Organizational Structure, Verne Harnish, Scaling Up Verne Harnish, Scale Up Summit San Antonio
Topics: Strategic Discipline, One Thing, strategy, Direction, Happiness
Topics: One Thing, Balanced Priorities, Balance, Counter balance
On Wednesday last week, I delivered a Toastmasters speech including the following admonishment: Your past shortfalls can be traced, at their root, to one major oversight: you haven’t committed yourself to living by the truth that your thoughts have consequences so great that they create your reality.
Read MoreTopics: Accountability, One Thing, Success, Attitude, High Self-Esteem
Prior to this blog series on Scrum our Strategic Discipline Blog dedicated a number of blogs to Gary Keller’s The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results. In the Final Lie to Achieving Our One Thing: Big Is Bad, we looked at how by fearing big success, you either avoid or sabotage your efforts to achieve it. Size is an issue if it limits your belief you can’t or won’t achieve what you desire.
Read MoreTopics: One Thing, Process/Productivity Drivers, People/Relationship Drivers, productivity, Relationship Drivers, Scrum, Teams