Let’s WIN

Let’s WIN

Feb 26, 2023 | Thoughts & Musings

  • SELFLESSNESS: Embrace the idea of “We, then me.” Serve the team first.
  • ENTHUSIASM: Enjoy what you do and celebrate who you are and what you stand for. Expect the same from others.
  • TRUST: Have faith in your partners. Just do the right thing, every time. Take care of one another.
  • RESPECT: Communicate with transparency and integrity at all times.
  • TENACITY: Have enduring passion for excellence. Fall forward.
  • PROGRESSIVENESS: Be curious beyond the obvious. The most interesting people have great listening skills. Ask, listen, learn, grow… contribute.
  • ENTREPRENEURIAL: Build something meaningful for the company. Create value.
  • BALANCE: Stay focused on what matters most in life and business. Be healthy, be fit, be happy.
  • OWNERSHIP: This is your company, run with it. Be proud of it and take care of it.
  • EGO: Check it at the door. Get over yourself and start giving yourself.
  • PERSISTENCE: Energy and persistence carry the day.
  • LEADERSHIP: Lead, don’t manage. Learn to delegate but inspect what you expect.
    o Value People
    o Praise Effort
    o Reward Performance
  • HIRING: Hire the best; Set expectations, encourage with words and actions – then get out of the way. Hiring good people is hard; hiring great people is brutally hard.
  • RISK: Embrace – risk is a major key in achieving success. Remember the words “I would rather try something great and fail than try nothing great and succeed.”
  • CANDOR: Lack of candor blocks smart ideas, fast action, and limits good people from contributing all they can.
    o First: Candor gets more people in the conversation
    o Second: Candor generates speed
    o Third: Candor cuts costs

    “Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is.”
    -Vince Lombardi

    “Nothing is ever gained by winning an argument and losing a customer.”
    -C.F. Norton

    “Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.”
    -Theodore Roosevelt

    “Play by the rules, but be ferocious.”
    -Phil Knight

    “Success is not final; failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts.”
    -Winston Churchill

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