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6 Jan, 19 tweets, 8 min read
Don't let fear keep you from starting your own business.

Expert advice to overcome 15 common roadblocks 🧵
I made 20 years of excuses.

And I used every rationalization out there not to start:

- I have a lot to learn
- Still working on a big idea
- Need just a little more cushion
- All the good ideas are already taken

Don't be like me: action over aspiration.
1/ Need an idea -> Listen purposefully (@gregisenberg)
2/ Need courage -> Adjust your mindset (@MishadaVinci)
3/ Need help -> Find leverage (@bbourque)
4/ Need inspiration -> Follow their path (@brandonthezhang)
5/ Need clarity -> Write more (@sahilbloom)
6/ Need an audience -> Rent to own (@alexgarcia_atx)
7/ Need a brand -> Overinvest in marketing (@TrungTPhan)
8/ Need to stand out -> Deliver more quality than required (@blakeaburge)
9/ Need great talent -> Lead brilliantly (@MrJacobEspi)
10/ Need more leverage -> Delegate everything (@dklineii)
11/ Need more reach -> Systemize your marketing (@george__mack)
12/ Need customers -> Target the ideal few (@amandanat)
13/ Need more customers -> Transform & adore (@lukesophinos)
14/ Need to grow -> Test & iterate (@sonnybyrd)
15/ Need to start -> Stop procrastinating (@Julian)
TL/DR

- Mine for ideas
- Fix your mindset
- Find leverage
- Follow a path
- Start writing

- Rent an audience
- Build a brand
- Stand out
- Lead well
- Delegate

- Automate marketing
- Find ideal customers
- Sell transformation
- Test & iterate
- Stop procrastinating
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With the right tactics, no one has to settle for the 9-5 grind.

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I've overseen teams that spent more than $1B in my career:

Goals matter.

- The right goals galvanize your vision & inspire your team.

- The wrong goals undermine progress & leave your team rushing for the exit.

Here are 20 tactics to set and achieve game changing goals 🧵
I've led goal-setting under a range of circumstances:

- Small teams & large divisions
- Companies growing & cutting costs
- Startup cultures & slow bureaucracies

No method is one-size-fits-all.

Instead, build a system for setting goals that works for you and your team.
1/ Create Quality Goals

I'm over SMART goals. If they work for you, great.

For me, less is more:

- Simple: Everyone gets it.

- Important: It matters. It beat out other options. And it's worth the additional overhead to track.

- Measurable: Success & failure are clear.
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I've managed high performing teams for 20 years.

They don't tolerate mediocrity. Neither should you.

Achieve excellence at work by mastering these tactics 🧵
Get hired into a great role:
Ensure your great work is recognized:
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I've negotiated employee compensation countless times.

Most people make simple mistakes that cost them $1,000s.

Here's how to negotiate a raise and get paid what you're worth.🧵
1/ As year end approaches, so does that dreaded office ritual:

Performance reviews

I detailed the tactics you need to get the recognition you deserve.
2/ Right after, companies start to plan & budget the next year.

And guess what the biggest expense is for most companies?

You.

Their people.

So if you deserve more money, now is your ideal moment to ask.
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I've trained 100's of managers.

The 60% who fail make one mistake:

They don't delegate

Here are 9 tactics to win more by doing less 🧵
1/ What should you delegate?

Everything. Not a joke.

You need to design yourself completely out of your old job.

Set your sights lower than that & you'll delegate WAY less than you should.

But don't freak out:

Responsibly delegating that much will take months.
2/ Set Expectations w/ Your Boss

The biggest wild card when delegating is not your team.

It's your boss.

You don't need to be perfect, you just need to show you're in control.
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Hey new manager.

Are you:

- Drowning is a sea of tasks, plans & new ideas?

- Struggling to deliver feedback that inspires change?

- Frustrated you can't attract top talent to your team?

What you need is a management system that works🧵
These stats should scare you:

❌ 40-60% of U.S. executives fail (Harvard)

❌ 40% of CEOs fail (Korn Ferry)

❌ 40% of executives & corporate officers fail (McKinsey)

How about brand new managers?

❌ 60% of new managers fail in their first 18 months (Gartner CEB) 👀
But if the star employees are the ones being promoted, how could more than half fail?

"Because what got you here won't get you there." - Marshall Goldsmith

Do you still feel confident that you're going to win that coin toss?
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Root Cause Analysis (aka The 5 Whys) is a common consulting tactic.

But it can actually fuel personal development.

I've run 100's of these sessions and learned one key truth:

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It's a diagnostic problem solving technique popularized by Sakichi Toyoda, the Japanese industrialist & Toyota founder.

I practiced it at Bridgewater where it was the critical inflection point in Ray Dalio's 5-step process.
2/ The Theory

Ask Why questions to identify the underlying root cause of an issue.

Then make changes to improve outcomes in the future.

The deeper you dig, the higher the leverage of the fix.

Put simply: Don't treat the symptom, cure the disease.
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