Make it Happen!

Super awesome week filled with heavenly sunsets, lessons from thought leaders and even a harvest moon lit paddle ride! đŸ˜˛

This week was a much needed mindset reset.  Spending a few hours with Dallas Seavy (a world renowned Iditarod racing champion) really recharged my brain.  He challenged not only our mindset on a thriving in a tough environment he also gave our leadership team some amazing perspective on dealing with adversity, ensuring your team has everything they need to win and innovating in even the toughest environments.  His message on “soft quitting” (more info below) was so relevant to the market we are facing.  Many of us have been “soft quitting” in this tough environment without even knowing it.  We have less than 120 in the year and have every ability to find the opportunities and win even in the toughest times.

We will post a recording of his keynote sometime this week.  It’s definitely worth the watch.

For all of you that were blessed to attend this event… Don’t waste it.  Pay it forward and share what you learned. AND PLEASE whatever you do, don’t let Monday pass without writing down the three most important things you are going to accomplish before the end of the year…… AND MAKE IT HAPPEN!

Top Quotes:

  • “It’s a funny thing, the more I practice the luckier I get”  - Arnold Palmer

  • “If you’re still talking about what you did yesterday, you haven’t done much today” – Anonymous

  • “Not all readers are leaders but all leaders have to be readers” - Truman

Notes that Resonated

Lululemon founder on Goal setting:

  • Are you creating your own constraints? Are you setting your goals based on your past? Are you setting your goal based on what you have had the ability to accomplish in the past or are you truly thinking about what is possible? Are you setting them based on where you were last year or where you could be?

  • What’s the scale of your ambition? -Roelof Botha

  • Predictable revenue is created through predictable lead generation

Dallas Seavy highlights:

  • Do you believe that the harder things get the better we do? 

  • Are you burning clean fuel? What’s you motivation? Is it pure? You have to be driven by the right thing.  Only clean fuel will be sustainable fuel when things get tough. Are you being honest with your motivation and it is a pure, clean  fuel?

  • Embrace the Suck

  • When training your team train the whole athlete (mind, health and skill)

  • If you ask yourself in the middle of a tough race why you are running… it’s too late you are screwed

  • Your why has to be bigger than the challenge in front of you

  • If you or your team believe the goal is not possible you will quit. (jigsaw puzzle with missing pieces)

  • Soft Quitting- Coasting to the finish line and not trying to win

  • Ask the question: what can i do now to help my team? What does my team need right now to succeed? what’s limiting my team? what are our areas for improvement?

  • When things are tough.. decide “what is the next best step I can take”

  • What are the three most important things you need to accomplish this year?

David Goggins: 

  • most people quit when they think they are at their 100% but in actuality they are at 40% of what they can actually do

  • where is your perceived 100%? how often do you get there? What could you achieve if you actually maxed out?

  • How much human potential is in you?

  • To get out of a rut… do something that you think “sucks” every single day

Podcasts listened to:

 Building Lululemon (art of setting goals and the best decisions of your life)

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-tim-ferriss-show/id863897795?i=1000522474987

 Examining how Pixar tells a story 

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/storytelling-school/id1544030931?i=1000542924105

 

Videos watched:

Reach your potential by understanding the 40% rule: (Goggins)


https://youtu.be/TDLSpvjd69M


https://youtu.be/NzmK-p-dC6M

 

Things I Discovered:

NEW APPLE PRODUCTS and FEATURES


https://youtu.be/eUMW2iP32do

 

Food & Drink


Surprisingly good jerky!

https://jhbuffalomeat.com/products/jackson-hole-jerky-experience

 

Cool Stuff: Apple Watch: Garmin Killer ummmm maybe

The ultra- the adventure watch designed for hikers and runners 


https://youtu.be/c998d1b986U

 


https://youtu.be/O2bZ-dUn6Hw

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