1: “The writer David Lodge once noted that 90 percent of what we call writing is actually reading,” David Brooks writes in his book How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen.
Because we read back over our work. Continuously. To make it better.
Dealing with trauma is similar, David believes. He calls this process “excavation.”
“It’s going back and back over … continue reading
1: “To know a person well,” David Brooks writes in his book How to Know a Person, we “have to know who they were before they suffered their losses and how they remade their whole outlook after them. . .
“To know someone who has grieved, we have to know how they have processed their loss—did they emerge wiser, kinder, and stronger, or broken, stuck, and scared?”
Knowing how … continue reading
1: Getting better at getting better is what RiseWithDrew is all about.
Monday through Thursday, we explore ideas from authors, thought leaders, and exemplary organizations. On Friday, I share something about myself or what we are working on at PCI.
This week [here and here and here and here], we’ve learned how to create and put forward goals to make 2025 the best year of our lives.… continue reading
Question: How do we “develop a real plan for a better life?”
Answer: We create personally meaningful, powerful goals for the upcoming year.
This week, I’m outlining my straight-forward approach to set forth a motivating set of goals for the coming year, based on a methodology first outlined by Trent Hamm.
So far this week, we’ve selected the areas of our lives on which we want to focus (Step One), … continue reading
This week, we are exploring a goal-setting methodology from Trent Hamm called “Developing a Real Plan for a Better Life.”
Yesterday, we looked at STEP ONE: Selecting the areas of our lives we want to focus on.
Today, we turn to steps two, three, and four.
STEP TWO begins with blocking off some quiet time to do the necessary work.
“While it’s great to give this process some off-the-cuff thoughts, … continue reading
That’s the opportunity.
How?
First, set powerful 2025 goals.
Next, achieve those goals through a simple process designed to optimize follow-through.
Over the past five years, I’ve utilized a goal-setting methodology from Trent Hamm titled: “Developing a Real Plan for a Better Life.” Implementing Trent’s framework has resulted in the following:
o The decision to get married and create our blended family (six kids, y’all)!
o Transforming our business at … continue reading
1: Getting better at getting better is what RiseWithDrew is all about.
Monday through Thursday, we explore ideas from authors, thought leaders, and exemplary organizations. On Friday, I share something about myself or what we are working on at PCI.
This Friday, we continue our search for wisdom as we push to end 2024 on a strong note and start 2025 with a bang.
So, what does our dog … continue reading
1: “Managers are thermometers, and leaders are thermostats,” Carolyn Dewar, Scott Keller, and Vikram Malhotra write in their book CEO Excellence: The Six Mindsets That Distinguish the Best Leaders from the Rest.
Managers react to what happens. They solve problems and deal with the here and now. They measure things and report out results.
“Leaders influence their environment,” Carolyn, Scott, and Vikram write. ” They alter people’s … continue reading
1: “In God we trust, all others bring data,” management scientist W. Edwards Deming once said.
“The best CEOs adhere to this mantra,” Carolyn Dewar, Scott Keller, and Vikram Malhotra write in their book CEO Excellence: The Six Mindsets That Distinguish the Best Leaders from the Rest.
“Our decision-making principles insist on evidence,” says former Intuit CEO Brad Smith. “One of the mottos is, ‘Because of (blank), … continue reading
1: The executive team had gathered to make three investment decisions.
“First, they discussed the investment for a £10 million nuclear power plant,” Carolyn Dewar, Scott Keller, and Vikram Malhotra write in their book CEO Excellence, citing C. Northcote Parkinson’s 1958 book The Pursuit of Progress.
Total time spent to make the decision: Two and a half minutes.
Next up? What color should they paint their … continue reading
