Category: Entrepreneurship

Get out of your own way

Entrepreneurs are famous for this. Getting in their own way. Wanting to have control over everything. Hating it when we don’t have an understanding of something deeply and having to rely on others for an important part of our business.

And that’s exactly what keeps most entrepreneurs from scaling their business.

Want to truly scale your vision to its full glory?

Then get out of your own way.

Harder to do, easy to say. I know. But that’s the only way you can realize your dream.

  1. Hire A players
  2. Provide them a clear, simple vision
  3. Make your expectations and timing to realize them crystal clear with tools like OKRs, Rocks (Traction book), etc.
  4. Support them with the right resources, network, and information
  5. Provide emotional support as needed. (Yes, that’s your job as well)
  6. Hold them accountable with regular touch points

Then get the heck out of their way and let them do their job.

Good luck!

Life’s too short to work with B personalities

In work and also in personal life, it’s always better to find and work/be with personalities that are smarter and better than you.

Of course, there are insecurities that come with it when you are working with or managing people who are smarter than you are, but at the same time, it’s very rewarding to lift and elevate these folks.

No need to really ‘manage’ people like that, lead them instead with proper metrics to keep them accountable to results.

Conversely, there’s a cost for working with B players that is not apparent immediately at first. As an entrepreneur or a CEO, you feel like you’re saving money, but in the long-term it will come back to bite you. It’s just not worth saving money in the short-term if in the long-term it can harm you and your business.

Let go of your ego. Work with people who specialize in specific areas and are preferably at least twice as better than you in their own discipline like marketing, sales, product management, operations.

In Summary:

  • Hire and work with only A players.
  • Don’t manage A players, lead them.
  • Set very specific metrics and keep them accountable.
  • Encourage and support them to do their best work!