[bctt tweet=”I looked back at some of my biggest failures and recognized that bad execution in a few of them. “]
Three Thoughts:
Anchoring controls more of our lives than we realize. It dominates as a bias because its subtle layering hits the lizard brain. Independent thinking is difficult, especially since you find anchoring in media, marketing, and design. It’s shocking and sobering. Its harder to figure out how to think outside the box when so much is anchoring you inside of it.
Execution is important, because it underlies everything we do. Give me a worker that executes brilliantly over an idea man everyday (and I am an idea man, and this kills me). One thing my job is forcing me to execute, and I experienced some growing pains. I looked back at some of my biggest failures and recognized that bad execution in a few of them. Business is about execution. If you are a great idea person, figure out how execute. If you execute well, understand ideas. I just bought a few books on the subject. This is why I deal with fear so much here, fear stops execution all the time. We don’t lean in, we pull up just to get to safety. We aren’t raising our hands high enough.
Presentation. Please think about presentation. As much as intelligence, bravery, and honor matter,people see you, and how you present yourself first. We often notice more than we think. Be strong enough to make decisions on how you present yourself to the world. The front page of your site, your emails, and how you talk about what you do matter because it is the first layer that they see, and often its enough to make people decide if they want to deal with you. So, trust yourself and trust your presentation enough by working on it.
On my way to a wedding!
Lovely day to do that here in NYC (I love fall weather, 40 degrees to 60 degree weather)
From the desk of Adam Thomas 