At the end of 2011, I felt my body was underperforming. That mattered because I wanted to do specific things well – at a high level – and just didn’t seem to have the stamina to pull it all off. A couple of my clients had found a solution in P90X and encouraged me to follow in their footsteps. I’m 6 months in and I love it. I feel great and am performing at a much higher level than I was previously.
One of the words I often hear when leaders are describing the kind of people they want to have in their company is “loyal”. I also have heard the word in the context of losing customers who had been “loyal” to the company for years.
Natural charisma may be valuable in some situations, but it has nothing to do with leadership. Being decisive is also useful, but doesn’t mean you effectively lead people. And innate assertiveness may just mean you push people around to get your own way.
These are the lines you won’t cross – the few things that aren’t negotiable.
When 100% of our time is given to doing the business (marketing, selling, making, fixing, shipping, accounting, etc.), we’re stuck. We’re in a rut that leads to failure.
