Who Not How: The Formula to Achieve Bigger Goals Through Accelerating Teamwork
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Who Not How: The Formula to Achieve Bigger Goals Through Accelerating Teamwork
Being surprised is something I seek out, and something I very much value. I’m always surprised by what becomes of the ideas and collaborations. Being surprised regularly is what keeps me young.”
That’s one of the biggest mistakes entrepreneurs and leaders make: micromanaging their Whos and insisting that they do their jobs in a particular way, when the only thing that matters is the end result. Once success has been defined, restrain yourself from needing to know or care “How” it gets done. Your only concern should be that it gets done.
“The most useful thing you can do for other people is appreciate their value.”
Will you stop tolerating the wasteful and painful use of your time? How you spend every second on this planet matters. You get in life what you tolerate.
“Creators don’t complain; complainers don’t create.”
“You pile up enough tomorrows, and you’ll find you are left with nothing but a lot of empty yesterdays.” —Meredith Willson
That’s pretty amazing, if you think about it. There is an army of ready and willing Whos; capable people out there who want to do the very work you need done. All you need to do is communicate your vision to those people and define what successful completion looks like. As you develop relationships with them, you’ll expand as a person, immediately
... See moreWho Not How is truly that simple. You define the vision, find the Who or Whos, and let them create the result.
term “selective attention” describes the idea that as humans, we have an incomprehensible amount of data coming into our brain through our senses. However, our conscious mind filters the information and pays attention to the things that seem relevant or important. It is for this reason that when you buy a new car you start seeing the same model eve
... See moreselective attention - mental model that we pay attention to