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The Difficulty, The Decision, The Process.

Episode 216 Also Available On: Architects & Archaeologists February 14 Leader Notes Culture should be designed not merely accepted. [...]

Feedback on Skills should flow from the expert to the learner. Feedback on Leadership should flow from the team member to the leader. The First One is Obvious, The Second One No One Does.

One of your primary roles as a leader is to identify what matters most, not just what needs to get done.

Deception: We Think you’ve arrived. Deception: Accomplishment is others awareness of your arrival.

For significant things use significant language.

Patience is an undervalued quality of leadership. Three Views of Patience: 1. People & Processes take time to advance. 2. Trajectory is more important than location 3. My default is to blame myself first. Power of Patience 1. Growth. 2. Too quick to abandon or burn things down when they just need time to get there.

Episode 210 Also Available On: Better January 3 Leader Notes We get better at, instead of getting better. We're [...]

Phrase use over the last year: Year of hard Things Joy comes on the back-end of enduring. Questions - Don't just ask: What do I want to accomplish? Goals? - Also ask: What am I willing to endure? End Note - Prepare for the joy and the endurance.

- If you have to change your presentation for something big it reveals your preparation is inadequate. - There's a difference between that and complex. Discuss. - The tendency is something is big so: - it reveals our preparation is inadequate, or... - it makes you stiff.

What people actually mean by deep: – Verse-by-verse exposition – Vulnerable & Emotional – Unfamiliar The Response: – Vulnerability – Unfamiliarity – Emotional

- Idea: Rarely, rarely should things be the same through every season. - We like schedules that are predictable, but predictable schedules do not enable us to maximize the season. Examples: - Shaping culture: Staff hear from me a ton. Setting culture: Give the microphone to many other people. - Work and Rest in Bursts: Heavy work seasons and heavy family seasons (No guilt!) - Lean deeply into huge projects and accelerate the timeline (Claim) Thoughts: - You can work more efficiently and move faster by concentrating your time. - Talk about parenting & creating significant memories with that time.