The Best Minute: Great leadership, building on what works, and skill > passion

2 QUOTES FROM OTHERS

I. Ronald Reagan on great leadership:

"The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things."

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II. John Gall on the importance of building on what already works rather than starting from scratch:

“A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. The inverse proposition also appears to be true: A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be made to work. You have to start over, beginning with a working simple system.”

2 IDEAS FROM ME

I. Skill development > passion. Enjoyment in hobbies, work, and life often comes from doing things we are competent at. Therefore, instead of trying to find the one thing in life that you “think” you are most passionate about, take time to develop skills and see where that leads you.

More than anything else, most people enjoy doing things they are good at. The passion then follows.

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II. In many jobs, few things waste more of your time than email. One of the ways to reduce your time in your email inbox is to not use your inbox as a to-do list. If you can’t respond right away, archive the email and make a task in a task manager program (I recommend Todoist) with a due date attached.

This way, you can actually work through your tasks without having to leave your inbox open for even more interruptions.

1 INTERESTING FACT

Deaf quarterback Paull Hubbard invented the huddle in football.

The first football huddle began in 1894. Gallaudet University quarterback Paul Hubbard is credited with creating the football huddle during that season when Gallaudet went up against two different deaf schools. Hubbard was concerned the other teams could interpret his hand signals, so he brought his teammates into a round formation to call plays.

Source: Mental Floss