Everything becomes harder until we stop avoiding what’s getting in the way. The longer you wait the higher the cost.

When leaders exercise authority where they lack competency, they undermine the organization’s efficiency.

“The key lesson here is that if we are to intervene, we need a solid idea of not only the benefits of our interventions but also the harm we may cause—the second and subsequent order consequences. Otherwise, how will we know when, despite our best intentions, we cause more harm than we do good?”

This article is a compilation of advice found in hundreds of self-help bestsellers and boiled to 11 simple rules, which are: 

1. Take one small step. 

2. Change your mental maps. 

3. Struggle is good. Scary is good. 

4. Instant judgment is bad. 

5. Remember the end of your life. 

6. Be pla

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Holding it over them ensures they won’t be quick to admit they were wrong in the future.

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