High Performance Leadership

High performance leaders make peace with their mistakes without pretending that they never happened. -- doug smith

When I worked at Whole Foods, one of the store managers told me, "We live in the land of no excuses." That stuck with me. Even knowing it already, it helps to know that others will hold you accountable. Excuses are not acceptable. High performance leaders work past excuses and find ways to achieve their goals. When they miss (and we all do) they own their misses and move forward. Maybe the task gets a new deadline. Maybe it no longer matters. But excuses don't change a thing and do not reflect the courage that a high performance leader needs. Show your courage. Eliminate excuses. It's easy to get distracted or make excuses so we all need someone to hold us accountable. Who is holding you accountable? -- doug smith Leadership Call to Action: Ask someone to ask you about your most important goal, at least once a week until that goal is achieved.

My friend and fraternity brother David Spiegal operates a variety of businesses, models success in many ways, helps people become healthier and happier, and more -- all while being a loving family figure and man of faith. Occasionally, I'll like one of his daily emails so much that I publish it here, word for word. I'm doing that today because, well, it's thought-provoking AND he refers to me in it. (My humble response follows his article as a comment.) Here's Dave... "Leadership is not a license to do less; it is a responsibility to do more." -Simon Sinek-Leaders Eat Last  September Word of the Month: ACCOUNTABILITY Yesterday was a really great day. The weather was pleasant and I found myself in a really fantastic mood. At one point I was singing along with one of my favorite songs on the radio. I don't mean singing like following a long. I mean belting it out as if I were a finalist on America's Got Talent. I made some long over due phone...