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It’s very powerful to write a master plan for your company. It doesn’t have to be right but it establishes what your here to do and how you’re going to do it. Check out Elon Musk’s Master Plan for Tesla

Instead of spoon-feeding answers to his team about an X-ray, he’ll ask questions like “what’s interesting about this?”

Go to a whiteboard and ask your team to visualize the holiday party for the upcoming year, then ask: what are you celebrating?

• Forces your team to work backward under the assumption that you’ve already won


• Brainstorming is much more productive from a place of certainty and confidence, rather than fear, doubt, and stress

Clarity is power. And I think too often people go into doing something without actually being clear of what are we trying to do here, why are we trying to do it, how will we measure success, and what's the first thing that we should really do?

Everything seems achievable at the beginning of a plan, but here’s a great question to identify potential risks: what is the number one reason this could go wrong?

When you're in fight or flight, your brain only works in a very limited capacity compared to when you are at ease, relaxed—which is why great ideas come to you in the shower, because you're relaxed. You have warm water pouring on top of your head, and so your brain kind of melts away and can start to put together different data points that are not ... See more

Mentors and advisors are overrated, while peer groups are underrated