Lately, lots of folks I know have started eating Paleo. Essentially, that means eating real food such as vegetables, meat (preferably grass fed), healthy fats, and some fruit and nuts. It eliminates all grains, processed foods, and most sugar and dairy.

One of the first questions they typically ask is, “what do I eat for breakfast?”

I thought I’d share some of my favorites.

Egg Cupcakes (from EverydayPaleo)

These are best made in a big batch so that you can eat them over a few days. This recipe calls for bacon (nitrite free, of course) and lots of green veggies, but you can mix in whatever you’d like.

(Side note: this comes from my absolute favorite cookbook. If you’re going Paleo, you should have this.)

Cauliflower Rice (from Nom Nom Paleo)

This is my current favorite. I eat this nearly every day with a couple of fried eggs (organic, cage free, ideally from a local farm) on top.

Again, this recipe makes a large quantity so you can enjoy it for several meals.

Paleo Pancakes

I’m not sure I could have made the transition without this recipe.

More than anything, it helped me see that I really didn’t have to “give up” any of my favorite foods. I just had to be more creative in preparing them.

Paleo Overview

So, I’m guessing that right now, you’re either really excited or really freaked out.

If you’re freaked out, it’s okay. That’s natural, especially if you’ve adapted the generally accepted “healthy-eating” principles put out by most of the folks we’ve trusted to educate us about food. I’m not much for debating it anymore, as the results in my own life have been incredible. And I now have countless family members and close friends with stories about dropping dozens of pounds and getting their health markers in line within just a few months. The absence of prescription bottles speaks volumes.

If you’re excited, that’s awesome. Be careful to not get too overwhelmed. At first, just focus on removing the grains and eating more vegetables. You’re embarking on an adventure, filled with new discoveries and unexpected challenges. And there are lots of pots-of-gold along the way. Enjoy them!

If you’re itching more for information, here are two of my current favorite videos.

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Want a more in-depth discussion? Listen to this insightful podcast interview with Dr. William Davis, a practicing cardiologist and author of Wheat Belly.

If you have any questions or are looking for a recipe to replicate a favorite food, I’d love to help. Leave me a comment below, and I’ll do my best to find an alternative that works.

For many years, I operated under the illusion that I could make good decisions on the fly and was simultaneously frustrated that I wasn’t getting the results I was looking for. I never realized the two were connected.

Cue the virtual 2×4 across my forehead.

It easily ranks as one of my top 5 self truths. Let’s break this down.

First, we have to acknowledge that we don’t often make rational, logical decisions. Instead, our decisions are heavily (even primarily) influenced by the design of the situation itself.

Disagree?

Here are some examples:

- Organ donation rates double when the form is changed slightly.

- Similar effects can be seen in 401k participation. When employees are automatically enrolled (and must take action to opt-out), participation is significantly higher. Further, most participants joining under automatic enrollment retain both the default contribution rate and fund allocation even though few employees hired before automatic enrollment picked this particular outcome.

And a fun one (with a hat tip to Carlos Miceli for the find):

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Convinced yet?

I am.

It’s clear to me that the choices I make are significantly impacted by the way the situation is designed. I like to use a running analogy. Essentially, my success in a given race is mostly influenced by the design of the course, not how well I was able to run that day.

So, I’d say the formula looks something like this:

.80(course setup) + .20(running the race) = result

On the surface, that doesn’t seem like a very positive revelation. Agreed.

However, there’s one more factor to consider: you can choose to design your own course.

If your race is getting healthier, you can setup a course with few obstacles, removing all the processed food and sodas from your house. You can even make it downhill by planning your meals ahead of time and buying the needed groceries.

Or, you can make your course look like Mount Everest, with challenges galore – ice cream here, Dr. Peppers there, rushing to feed the family at the end of an exhausting day.

Same runner, different race. Still think they have the same odds of success?

Here’s the big idea:

Success depends far less on how good of a runner you are, and far more on how well you can design your course.

Why does this matter?

Most of us are focused on being better runners. We’re pouring our time and energy into factors that won’t matter much, ignoring the things that would make a difference.

Beyond that, most of us are running on a course we didn’t even pick. (More on that later.)

Now, you know better.

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Next week, I’ll release my newest guide about how to jumpstart yourself. Essentially, you’ll learn how to design your own course and make sure you get off the starting line. Once you get the hang of it, you can apply the principles to transform every area of your life. Pretty nifty, indeed.

In the meantime, I have 5 inaugural memberships left in habitHQ. It’s a purpose-driven community of mutual improvement, focused on the driving forces in our lives – our habits. It provides encouragement, accountability, and the resources needed to reprogram our habits into the building blocks of success. We start each day with an affirmation and a Proverbs reading. We’re also developing the first draft of our Daily March, providing a customized blueprint for consistent progress. We’re gathering into smaller groups based on priority areas for habit development: health, productivity, leadership, and relationships. These will turn into “masterminds” that meet (online) at least monthly to brainstorm, facilitate connections, and provide accountability. The subscription is $29 per month and provides access to customized coaching and every related product that I develop.

I’ll be closing the inaugural memberships at 5pm CST today, so be sure to jump in if you were considering it. You can click here to sign up. After it closes, you’ll be able to join a waiting list for when we’re ready to reopen membership in a few months.

Last November, I stumbled upon an interesting analogy for life strategy – bumper bowling. I know what you’re thinking. It seems completely random and sort of ridiculous. Think about it this way . . .

When you get to the bowling alley, you can bowl “normally” or you can acknowledge your weaknesses and bowl with guardrails.

It’s likely to bruise your ego a bit, but I’ll bet your scorecard will improve. While you may not hit a strike every time, you’ll certainly be racking up points with every attempt.

I’ve learned that we can choose to live life that way too. And it’s pretty much the same trade: eat some humble pie and get significantly better results.

But there’s one really big key: we have to decide ahead of time.

Once the ball is in the gutter, the guardrails won’t do us much good.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Still, we choose to leave the guardrails down. Maybe we just don’t know how to raise them, or maybe we don’t want to broadcast our weaknesses.

I certainly fit both of those categories for a very long time.

And then it hit me. I woke one day to the realization that I’d been living scared (and paying a high price for it).  I also saw some people very close to me stumble. I now believe that we can achieve far more and reduce our chances of having a setback if we’ll just choose to have the “bumpers” installed ahead of time.

Freely chosen, discipline is absolute freedom.
-Ron Serino

I realized that the discipline of having guardrails in place actually generates tremendous freedom. Aside from personal systems, I also began to see that the biggest piece of the guardrail missing was other people.

The idea isn’t new. Back in 1727, a 21 year old Benjamin Franklin formed a “club of mutual improvement” called the Junto. The members of the Junto were drawn from diverse occupations and backgrounds, but they all shared a spirit of inquiry and a desire to improve themselves, their community, and to help others. Every Friday night, they gathered to discuss the topics of the day and challenge each other to broaden their knowledge.

Good stuff, for sure. But not a complete solution to the challenges I see.

The next layer comes from the 19th century psychologist William James. “Ninety-nine hundredths or, possibly, nine hundred and ninety-nine thousandths of our activity is purely automatic and habitual, from our rising in the morning to our lying down each night,” James reasoned. Today’s science increasingly supports his discoveries.

Incredibly powerful principles, but still not enough.

For some of us, there’s a stirring inside that won’t go away. We’ve realized that success or material wealth for its own sake is shallow and not fulfilling. We believe that we were put on this earth to achieve a specific purpose with a significant impact, and we can’t rest until we’re moving in that direction.

What if we combine all three?

The result would be a purpose-driven community of mutual improvement, focused on the driving forces in our lives – our habits.

And now it exists.

On Tuesday, I launched habitHQ, an online community that supports each other in achieving purpose-driven goals. It provides encouragement, accountability, and the resources needed to reprogram our habits into the building blocks of success.

The initial group is almost set, and we’re getting to know each other. We start each day with an affirmation and a Proverbs reading. We’re also developing the first draft of our Daily March, providing a customized blueprint for consistent progress.

We’re gathering into smaller groups based on priority areas for habit development: health, productivity, leadership, and relationships. These will turn into “masterminds” that meet (online) at least monthly to brainstorm, facilitate connections, and provide accountability.

In short, we’re starting to build our guardrails.

There’s certainly plenty more work to do, but it feels fabulous to have made the decision and set the course. We know that providing bumpers along the runway will allow our purpose to take flight.

One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.
-Helen Keller

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More than anything, I am reminded about how easy it is to live in default mode.

For me, that mode is primarily reactive, but easily justified to friends and family. It can sound like I’m still making good decisions, but there’s a fallacy there. It typically doesn’t represent conscious choices. Instead, it’s an agreement to stay with the herd and follow the rules. It’s almost completely fueled by fear of some sort.

The scariest part is that it was so hard for me to recognize that I was living this way.

Two weeks ago, it hit me. The feeling had been brewing for months or even years, but April 12 was different. It was as if I woke up with a new pair of glasses and could see clearly for the first time.

I started a journey, without knowing how it would end. I made some progress, and then I stumbled. I failed at my first attempt and had 500+ miles of driving to reflect. I’m proud to say that I won the mental battle this time. And I think I’m stronger for it.

I completed the one thing that I hadn’t been able to do for myself, despite years of positive intent and hundreds of hours of thought and effort.

I had to ask, “What made the difference this time?”

Two things:

1. I chose “forward” instead of “default,” without knowing exactly where the road would lead me. (The funny thing is, we never know where default leads either. We just know the herd will be with us.)

2. I had a small community of support. 16 people stepped out to say, “I support you.” (To each of you, I am forever grateful.)

It doesn’t sound like much. But it was enough.

And it ultimately shaped what I created.

When I started this, I was going to create products that helped people actually make many of the changes they wanted in their lives. Given the number of people I’m coaching or mentoring, I felt qualified to do that. If you want to eat better, get healthier, be more productive, or improve another habit, I can usually help. Self improvement has likely been a obsession for most of my life, and certainly the focus of my studies over the past decade.

For the toughest goals, though . . .  the ones that really make a difference, we need something more. We need a small community. We need people to jointly encourage us and hold us accountable.

I don’t know how I missed that piece of the puzzle for so long, but it’s in place now. And I’m ready to share it with you.

Today, I’m proud to announce the May 1 launch of habitHQ, an online community that will support you in achieving the goals you set for yourself. We’ll encourage you, provide accountability, and teach you how to use the latest research to program yourself for success.

For less than $1 a day, you’ll have access to a library of resources and a community of support. Your inaugural habitHQ membership will entitle you to every personal development product and service I’ve developed or will develop, without an increase in price – ever.

I’ll be the first to say that it’s not for everyone. If you’re comfortable with life and want to stay that way, this probably isn’t the best fit.

But if you have that internal hunger that won’t go away, that feeling that you’re called to do something more, to have a significant impact in this world, welcome to the family. You’re home.

For this inaugural launch, I’m opening up 20 spots. I think it’s important for the community to start very small and for me to be able to give everyone the attention they deserve. Plus, I want to be able to use their feedback to make the community even stronger.

If you want to be sure you’re in the founding group, you can go ahead and click here to reserve your spot. It’s possible they might be taken quickly.

If you have any questions, please email me at kendrakinnison [at] gmail [dot] com or call me at 361.589.9522. Or, you can comment below, and I’ll do my best to respond quickly.

Let’s choose forward together.

About two weeks ago, I called myself out. I realized I’d been living scared and mapped out a plan to get past it.

I set a deadline for yesterday at 2:00pm, and I told people I’d pay them to hold me accountable. 16 people took me up on the offer, and I just sent out $160 in payments. It doesn’t feel good to miss a deadline, no matter the story.

In case you’re wondering, here’s what happened:

I got about 50% done between the 12th (when I posted the goal) and the 15th (Sunday night).  Then my other commitments took over. Financial statements were due, so I pretty much worked on those 12-16 hours a day til Thursday, when I hit the road for Houston.

I drove up Thursday night, spent the day touring MD Anderson and listening to project proposals on behalf of TBW, and then drove up to my grandmother’s house near Cedar Creek Lake on Friday evening.

Saturday morning, I remembered that I’d forgotten my Mifi at home in Corpus Christi. I called AT&T to see about making my phone a hot spot, scoped out any nearby wifi, and realized that I’d need to drive to Dallas to get a good connection.

In that moment, I decided to miss my deadline and focus on spending the weekend with my family. I don’t regret that choice in the least. In fact, it may need to be a decision I need to repeat more often.

This morning, I woke up with a sense of urgency and reserve of energy that pulled me out of bed before my alarm went off. I’d been debating between a few different options, and I now know exactly what I have to do.

If I’m being completely transparent, I still feel a little terrified.

I’m about to unveil a product that represents the sum total of who I am and what I believe.

The system is working. Knowing that each day of indecision and tweaking is costing me $80 has created just enough pain to keep me focused.

My new deadline is this Thursday at 1:59pm (just shy of three days), and I absolutely plan to meet it. I’m already planning how to carve out hours here and there to make it happen. I’m recording voice memos while I drive, and scribbling notes wherever I am.

And I’m excited as heck. I think I’ve figured out how to manufacture urgency within myself. Previously, I’d hit goals determined by other people at nearly 100% and always put off the ones I wanted. I never was able to overcome the fatigue and inherent fear of doing something new.

So, to the 16 people that took 10 seconds and filled out my simple form: Thank you.

Your tiny act is giving me just enough support to keep moving forward.

On Thursday, I hope to make you proud. Enjoy your $10 on a treat for yourself. You earned every bit of it.

One of the best books I’ve read lately is The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg. It was absolutely brilliant.

Yesterday, he released a flowchart that sums up a significant section of the book. (Click on the image to make it bigger.)

Or, if you prefer to see this information in a video, here’s a recap.

Click here to view the embedded video.

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On Monday, I’ll be releasing my latest project, sharing my philosophy about habits and releasing new tools for others that agree that the key to success is disciplined, consistent, focused effort. If you want to be sure you get the details on that, click here to sign up to be my accountability partner before 9pm tonight. I’ll even pay you $5/day if I’m late in reaching my goal. (It’s part of my decision to stop living scared.)

I’ve been restarting myself a lot lately.

First came the pruning last summer. Then the grind of winter, and a decision to start again in mid-January. Then a declaration of my personal new year on March 1 after a horrendous February. And finally a realization last week that I’d been living scared.

My writings here are a clear reflection of how my life is going.

Essentially, I’d work furiously for a while (usually two weeks to a month) and then burn out for an equal period of time. I decided that wasn’t healthy and spent the last six weeks figuring out an alternative. In seeking another option, I reviewed my annual plan, my book notes, my time logs, and my binder of inspirational articles.

The answer was in front of me all along.

Here’s an excerpt of Jim Collins’ latest book, Great by Choice, from an article in Fortune magazine:

Imagine you’re standing with your feet in the Pacific Ocean in San Diego, looking inland. You’re about to embark on a 3,000 mile walk, from San Diego to the tip of Maine.

On the first day you march 20 miles, making it out of town. On the second day you march 20 miles. And again on the third day you march 20 miles, heading into the heat of the desert. It’s hot, more than 100 degrees, and you want to rest in the cool of your tent. But you don’t. You get up and you march 20 miles.

You keep the pace, 20 miles a day.

Then the weather cools, and you’re in comfortable conditions with the wind at your back, modulating your effort. You stick with your 20 miles.

Then you reach the Colorado high mountains and get hit by snow, wind, and temperatures below zero – and all you want to do is stay in your tent. But you get up. You get dressed. You march 20 miles.

You keep up the effort – 20 miles, 20 miles, 20 miles – then you cross into the plains, and it’s a glorious springtime, and you can go 40 or 50 miles in a day. But you don’t. You sustain your pace, marching 20 miles.

And eventually, you get to Maine.

Now, imagine another person who starts out with you on the same day in San Diego. He gets all excited by the journey and logs 40 miles the first day.

Exhausted from his first gigantic day, he wakes up to 100 degree temperatures. He decides to hang out until the weather cools, thinking “I’ll make it up when conditions improve.” He maintains this pattern – big days with good conditions, whining and waiting in his tent on bad days – as he moves across the western United States.

Just before the Colorado high mountains, he gets a spate of great weather and he goes all out, logging 40 to 50 mile days to make up lost ground. But then he hits a huge winter storm when utterly exhausted. It nearly kills him and he hunkers down in his tent, waiting for spring.

When spring finally comes, he emerges, weakened, and stumbles off toward Maine. By the time he enters Kansas City, you, with your relentless 20-mile march, have already reached the tip of Maine. You win, by a large margin.

Sound familiar? I’ve been marching like guy number two. This blog actually contains the proof of it.

Collins goes on to explain, “The 20-Mile March is more than a philosophy. It’s about having concrete, clear, intelligent, and rigorously pursued performance mechanisms that keep you on track. The 20-Mile March creates two types of self-imposed discomfort: (1) the discomfort of unwavering commitment to high performance in difficult conditions, and (2) the discomfort of holding back in good conditions.”

That got me. I get it.

I’ve been making both mistakes, slacking off when the conditions aren’t perfect and going all out when I faced a deadline or felt inspired.

In response, I designed my own Daily March. Then I expanded that into a Weekly Review Form. And finally, I created a personal Dashboard that reminds me each day to stay on track.

I’m still learning exactly how much work equals 20 miles. For example, I’ve determined that I can handle about 10 non-maintenance type projects every week, across all of the organizations I’m involved with. I’ve also learned that I can handle three major focus areas at a time. If I exceed either of those, overwhelm kicks in and little gets accomplished.

I’ve been using this system consistently for two weeks, and I’ve accomplished more than I usually did in entire months. Plus, I’m healthy and have time for my family.

I’ve decided that my next project will be about sharing this philosophy and tools with others that believe the key to success is disciplined, consistent, focused effort. If you want to be sure you get the details on that, click here to sign up to be my accountability partner before 9pm on Thursday. I’ll even pay you $5/day if I’m late in reaching my next goal.

Let’s march forward together.

I can’t explain it, but I can feel it.

There’s a tremendous resistance when I try to make progress in certain directions.

For several weeks, I was even aware enough to identify it, but it still blocked my progress. And then on Thursday, I awoke to a thunderous crack in that wall of resistance.

It’s still there, but I’m tearing it down a bit every day.

Today, I communicated some difficult information, straightforward and unapologetically. Previously, I’d have worried about it for days. Not this time. Once I’d done it, I felt another tiny crack emerge.

And I’m already identifying my challenge for tomorrow.

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If you’d like to help me chip away, there’s still time to sign up to be my accountability partner. Next weekend, I’m committed to writing my first sales letter, a challenge I’ve turned back from dozens of times. I’m hoping to have 100 people sign up, forcing me to pay $500/day if I’m late. By amplifying the consequences, I think I can tip the scales just enough.

Today, I woke up.

Thirty minutes before my alarm would have gone off at 5:20, I sat straight up in bed. I had instant clarity.

I’ve been living scared, and it’s cost me.

Some of you may be surprised at that statement.

I can fake it pretty well. Since I was 21, I’ve called myself an entrepreneur. I’ve started and owned over a dozen businesses. Some quite successful, some so-so, and several flops. And now I know exactly why: fear.

In some cases, I started a business because I was afraid of the alternative. I took partners and hired people to do tasks I was afraid I couldn’t learn. I took investor money because I was afraid I couldn’t get started without it.

Afraid. Afraid. Afraid.

When you make decisions based on fear, it rarely works out. The price might be deferred for a bit, but it comes back around – with interest. From firsthand experiences, I can attest to this truth.

The story doesn’t end there, though.

The most unusual things have been happening for the last few months. It’s felt like everything I’ve heard or read was directed right at me. In fact, it’s often been so real – and so raw – that I couldn’t write about it publicly.

Even before I recognized the fear, God knew. He just kept turning up the volume until I finally got the message.

Look at who all he’s used, online and off, individually and collectively:

- Karol Gajda – This.

- Gary Vaynerchuk, whose raw enthusiasm for business is absolutely contagious. This about sums it up.

- Julien Smith, whose writing, especially this post and his book Flinch, gnawed at me every single day because I knew it was true.

- Michael Ellsberg, whose thought leadership on the idea of credentials crystallized a feeling I’d never been able to articulate.

- App Sumo’s Business Blueprint Course which taught me the concepts of Lean Startup before I was aware of the label.

- Lean Startup at SXSW rocked my world and gave me a framework to embrace the inherent risk. Plus, it introduced me to Ash Maurya’s Lean Canvas concept that is absolutely brilliant.

- Dan at Tropical MBA could have written their entire blog just for me. This article really got me unstuck. And the quote from this article is burned in my mind, “The conversation is over once you’ve got cash flow.”

- Bil Cornelius, my pastor at Bay Area Fellowship, whose  sermons during a difficult season were beyond relevant.

- Laura Harris, my mentor and friend, is a constant source of encouragement.

- Chris Guillebeau, a dear friend with quiet confidence that serves as living proof that all things are possible. His latest book, $100 Startup, proves once again that there are no excuses for living an unfulfilling life.

- Joel Runyon, who organized our skydive last June and has given us a front row seat to his impossible adventure.

- James Altucher, who reminds me regularly that there are always options.

- Jonathan Fields, who taught me to embrace uncertainty and use it as fuel.

- Alene Snodgrass, who taught me the power of giving up normal.

- Sarah Zink, who reminded me just yesterday that we can never stop learning and growing.

- Vic Magary, whose post outlined exactly how I could compel myself forward despite the fear and resistance.

Honestly, I’m still scared.

I’m scared that my business ideas aren’t good enough. I’m scared of what people will think when they see me testing them. I’m afraid that I don’t know how to market or sell. I’m afraid that I won’t have the time or energy to do all this and fulfill my commitments to the team at Port Royal. (Hi Guys! I’m not going anywhere, but I gotta do this too.) I’m afraid my family will think I’ve really gone off the deep end. And I’m intimidated by the new technologies that I’ll need to learn to create great products. Videos and audio recordings terrify me.

In spite of all that, I decided today to start moving forward.

I’ve picked three product areas around a general theme that I’m passionate about, and I’m going to systematically develop and test them. I’m committing to myself to have my first sales letter (at least 2,500 words) up by 2:00pm CST on April 23, and I invite each of you to hold me accountable to that. Complete the simple form below before 9:00pm CST on April 19, and I’ll pay you $5 for every day after the 23rd until I get it posted.

Yes, I know that could get expensive. I hope it does. I’m counting on that to force me to overcome my fear of trying something completely new and being vulnerable.

Here we go. The first step forward begins right now.

Before we close, I just have to ask: Is there a chance you’re living scared too? What can you do to force yourself forward?

Earlier this year, I decided to read books differently. Instead of just plowing through them, I would pause and recap what I learned from each and how I could apply the lessons to my own life.

Simply put, that’s tougher than it sounds. I thought I could do a book a week, but I think half of that is a more realistic goal. (And I’m already a few behind of that pace, but I think I can catch up with some books already in progress.)

In January, I read Ikigai by Sebastian Marshall.

Last month, I finished Start With Why by Simon Sinek.

Quick Summary:

Essentially, this book dissects the reasons humans do what they do. It explains that people don’t buy WHAT you do, they buy WHY you do – when it aligns with their beliefs. But I’ll let Simon tell you that in his own words.

Key Insight #1:

Sinek explains, “When a company clearly communicates their WHY, and we believe what they believe, we will sometimes go to extraordinary lengths to include those products or brands in our lives. They become markers or symbols of the values and beliefs we hold dear. Those products and brands make us feel like we belong, and we feel a kinship with others who buy the same things.”

Key Insight #2:

“The goal of business should not be to simply sell to anyone who wants what you have, but rather to find people who believe what you believe. They will incorporate your products and services into their own lives as WHATs to their own WHYs. They look to what you do as a tangible element that demonstrates their belief to the world.”

Key Insight #3:

Further, Sinek shares, “An organization can’t survive by defining itself by WHAT it does. It must have a clear sense of WHY. Instead of asking, ‘what should we do to compete?’ the question should be ‘WHY did we start doing WHAT we’re doing in the first place, and WHAT can we do to bring our cause to life considering all of the technologies and market opportunities available today?”

Key Insight #4:

It’s important to note that finding WHY is a process of discovery, not invention. It has to come from the past.

This was a profound realization for me. I don’t think I’ve identified and completely articulated the underlying motivations in my life, but I’m much closer than I was just a few months ago. I’ve found this concept to be very powerful on both a personal and business level.

Key Insight #5:

This nugget focuses on a different area of personal development, but struck me as equally important, “All leaders must have two things: They must have a vision of the world that does not exist and they must have the ability to communicate it. Dr. King had a dream, not a plan.”

Personal Application:

This book has already affected every project I’m involved with. It completely explained much of the tension I’ve felt when things weren’t clearly aligned.

First, I feel like I need to resolve any ambiguity or mis-labeling of my personal underlying WHY. I’m close, but haven’t quite reached the level of clarity that I’m seeking. Then, I’ll go back and link each of those projects to my WHY, clearly outlining the connection. If that link isn’t apparent, I think I’m ready to eliminate the activity or rework it significantly.

I think I’ll be writing more about this in the coming weeks. I’d be interested in hearing your thoughts and feedback on this topic as well. It’s definitely opened up a whole new area of thinking for me.