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Passion: Articles that deal with the inner drive that we all need to want to MOVE from where we currently are to where we dream to be.
Preparation: These posts reference articles, books, documentaries, speakers, quotes, and other inspirational and formative ideas that I have found that helped me and the people around me.
Practice: Articles in this category have a heavy sports and performance training lean.
Performance: These articles focus on how you go about your work. From networking to communications to finding a better way to do what you do.
Perseverance: Articles in this category speak to the mechanics that we go through both mentally and physically to stay on track and not get STUCK.
Growth Requires Letting Go
Growth has become one of the most misunderstood words in leadership. Mention growth inside a boardroom, locker room, or small business, and the conversation almost always turns toward adding something. More employees. More products. More meetings. More technology. More customers. More equipment. More marketing. More ideas. We naturally assume that bigger is better because growth has become synonymous with accumulation.
The problem is that addition and growth are not always the same thing.
Some organizations slowly suffocate under the weight of everything they refuse to eliminate. Every new initiative gets added without removing an old one. Every new product line is layered on top of another. Every meeting stays on the calendar because "we've always done it that way." Every process remains in place because no one wants to question whether it still serves a purpose. Eventually, the organization becomes so complicated that it spends more time managing itself than serving the people it exists to help.