![]() ![]() Even if you’re not sure about ranking priorities, do it anyway. Work on fewer things at the same time, and prioritize hard. ![]() First, think about execution more sequentially than in parallel. Leaders can do two things that bring almost instant benefit. It feels like swimming in glue, moving like molasses. The problems with pace and tempo are, of course, related to having too much going on at the same time. We’re spread a mile wide and an inch deep. Things tend to get added to the pile over time, and before we know it, we have huge backlogs. Priorities, and too many of them are ill defined. We should all be thrilled with what we’re doing. It doesn’t take much more mental energy to raise standards. Fight that impulse every step of the way. People lower their standards in an effort to move things along and get things off their desks. Try applying “insanely great” as a standard on a daily basis and see how far you get. He set a high bar for seemingly everything, and anything that didn’t meet his standards was summarily rejected. The late Steve Jobs was only inspired by “insanely great” things. ![]()
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