Rosemary Goodwin

Optimize for revenue per employee, not vanity growth.

The only currency you have is really your willpower to make it work.

“If you can't tolerate critics, then don't do anything new or interesting.”

- Jeff Bezos

Tolerance for uncertainty is one of the most valuable human traits.

Most people are so afraid of uncertainty that they leap at the chance to avoid it. Right on the verge of the breakthrough, they take the comfortable path. They settle. They relent. They accept.

Your success in life is proportional to the amount of uncertainty you can tolerate.

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There are three pillars that determine whether a team thrives or fails:

• Reasoning: aligning on clear goals and purpose so debates lead to better solutions rather than power struggles.

• Attention: managing focus and communication so people feel safe enough to share ideas and challenge assumptions.

• Resources: surfacing hidden skills and networks within

Figure out the one or two strengths that make people feel optimistic about the future when they deal with you, and then lean into those. It’s not about being good at everything. It’s about being exceptional at something that makes others believe tomorrow will be better.

The only thing that defines a leader is that they have followers. And people follow for one main reason: We don’t relate to the present, we relate to the future we believe we have.

The most talented team members ignore traditional hierarchy and, without thought for approval or acceptance, work to identify the needs, gaps, and opportunities that are not obvious to others.

Then they independently create new systems, programs, products, tools, or processes to address the issues. They do this without fear or the need to first seek

Hard ROI is the ROI you can measure in time, dollars, and headcount. Squishy ROI is the organizational value that’s very real, but hard to quantify in dollars on a quarterly basis. 

Build the organizational belief in squishy ROI - because without it, you’ll be nickel-and-dimed over every initiative.