Dear Friends,
I just finished diving into Anish Shah’s talk at the HBR Leadership Summit (yes, I’m that person that nerds out on these types of gatherings). His advise wasn’t the usual “work harder” nonsense. Instead, he shared three actually useful rules for leading smarter.
Since I know you are busy, here’s the condensed version with zero jargon:
DO LESS (But Better)
Stop trying to do it all. Pick three priorities max this quarter. Do the thing that you and your expertise can only do.
2. THINK BIGGER THAN YOU’RE COMFORTABLE WITH
Big goals attract resources and respect.
3.EXECUTE LIKE A PERFECTIONIST (ON JUST 1 THING)
Obsess over one high-impact project.
Try This Today:
1.Open your calendar. Delete/cancel one low-value meeting.
2,Rewrite current goal to make it 10% bolder
3.Pick one task to over deliver on.
That’s it. No 50-step plan. Just three shifts to work less and achieve more.
-David
PS If you forward this to a teammate I won’t tell the boss you saved them 5 hours of busywork😀