Straight-Line Leadership

Owners convert problems into projects. Living with exciting projects is more fun and empowering than living with depressing problems.

This need to put on a show—for yourself and those around you—of excessive busyness comes from not taking productive actions in the first place.

This is how to manage your time step by step: 1) Have a purpose. 2) The purpose tells you the next step to take.

Commitment is the means by which you measure your intention and focus your will. And so action begins when you make the declaration, “I am committed to….” What you have been committed to up to now is revealed by what you have produced or have failed to produce.

And here’s how it shows up: “I don’t know how to do this” or “I don’t know what to do. I want to do this but I don’t know how to do it.” It also shows up this way: “I would like to reach out and connect with people and let them know about my service, but I don’t know who to call.”

“Is what you are doing in the next hour highly productive for you? Is it your next necessary required action? Or are you just keeping busy?”

Worry sends you in circles. Concern can straighten you out.

CHAPTER 14 A CREATED WORLD VERSUS A REPORTED-ON WORLD

CHAPTER 43 PLAYING TO WIN VERSUS PLAYING NOT TO LOSE