Delegation versus Abdication

Delegation does not mean abdication. If you find out too late that something has gone off the rails, it is very likely you abdicated. In other words - you badly managed the resources you have.

And this doesn’t mean micro manage people to death.

Define the outcome to be achieved and how you want to be informed incrementally on the path to that achievement. And get out of the way.

The intervals between updates should never be so long as to catch anyone off guard if the outcome is missed. If the risk is high up the reporting cadence so that you can correct, iterate, and if necessary, abandon, quickly and early.

A Pretentious Speck?

We are but a speck in the vastness of everything. Just a blink in the span of all time.

Don’t overthink it. Don’t take yourself too seriously.

But do try to be the best flash of a speck that you can be,

Inspirational Discernment

Blame requires judgement.

Inspiration requires discernment.

Would you rather be blamed or inspired?

Both can lead to correction. The obvious one works better.

Idle No More

The idle mind looks for problems.

Fixates and gets stuck.

The idle mind has no idea where it is going and what comes next.

If it did, it wouldn’t have the time to fixate, look for problems, and get stuck.

If idle, bingo, you have the time to figure out where to and what’s next.

Idle no more!

Start With Me

To accomplish what you want you have to direct of the means at your disposal to where you want to go.

Your sphere of influence lessens the further you move out from you. The centre.

And by reverse thinking, your sphere of influence is greatest at you, the centre point.

To accomplish what you want focus on you, first. The biggest lever with the most return. Then consider every one and every thing else.

It all starts with you, and surprisingly often ends there.