EPISODE 260

5 Ways to Guarantee Failure


Biggest Takeaways You Don't Want to Miss:

  • We tend to focus on what we cannot control and ignore all the things we can control. If we just optimized all the stuff we can control, we wouldn’t have to worry about the stuff we can’t control.
  • Instead of trying to change people, ask yourself, what is it about our process that fosters, encourages, or allows this behavior? Then change the process and watch the process change the people.
  • The best way to guarantee failure is to start tomorrow.
  • Waiting for people to change is the most disempowering feeling in the world. Focus on what you can control.
  • Stop reacting to every problem that comes your way. If everything is a priority, nothing is. 
Did you know that there are certain things you can do that will absolutely guarantee that you will fail?

On today’s episode, discover the 5 things that will guarantee failure so that you can avoid them and focus on what behaviors will guarantee success #LikeABuilder.

Check out these highlights:
  • How to ensure that you constantly feel panicked and desperate.
  • The number one way to keep your school in chaos.
  • How to make sure that you stay in constant battles with your staff and your feelings stay hurt.
  • If you never want to feel empowered again, do this. 
  • The best way to guarantee that you never accomplish anything (plus, ways to ensure that you feel guilty about it!)
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