Roy's Blog: Leadership
March 24, 2014
Why success comes from being different than ‘the best’
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Why success comes from being different than ‘the best’.
‘The best’ describes someone who conforms to expectations more closely than the rest of their herd. Spells more accurately; answers history questions more correctly; obtains the highest mark in the math exam.
The best does a masterful job of performing their task according to the rules of the day; they colour inside the lines perfectly
There are certain professions where conformance to “standard operating procedure” is vital: landing airplanes and performing heart surgery come to mind as functions that require “in the box” thinking and performance (until something goes wrong at least).
In business, conformance is not what drives success. It drives mediocrity and sameness in the herd
Organizations who consistently succeed are brilliant at inventing a new box to play in.
They create new lines to draw in.
They are masters at non-conformity and contrarianism. They focus on breaking away from the herd.
Don’t press yourself or others to be The Best.
Honour weird, odd, quirky, strange, “out there”, ridiculous and unusual.
They will get you to where you need to go.
Cheers,
Roy
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- Posted 3.24.14 at 06:44 am by Roy Osing
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January 6, 2014
Why shocking success comes from being controversial and contrarian
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Why shocking success comes from being controversial and contrarian.
CoNTRARIANS get noticed.
— They offend some; they amaze others.
— They don’t propagate the same-old same-old boring stuff everyone else does.
— They oppose every aspect of the status quo.
— They make people nervous.
— They are the topic of conversation.
— Their friends are weird.
CoNTRARIANS get remarked about
— They get quoted.
— They add a different dimension to the conversation.
— They are admired for their outspokenness.
— They attract a quirky different following than everyone else.
— They are copied by other divergents.
Pick a CoNTRARIAN point of view and shout it out.
LOUDLY because there is way too much clutter to be heard if you don’t.
And celebrate whatever you get back.
Cheers,
Roy
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- Posted 1.6.14 at 05:03 am by Roy Osing
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December 9, 2013
Why the gut is more important than the brain for success
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Why the gut is more important than the brain for success.
Succeeding in business is not that complicated really, and finding opportunities for advancement is fairly easy if you know the secret.
Here’s the reality:
— there are no more Steve Jobs out there (or at least the possibility of finding him/her is pretty remote);
— there are no silver bullets, one-shot wonders for success;
— the are very few “new ideas” out there that will make you “Wonder Woman”.
The truth is, winning is a function of your stomach not your brain.
Intellectualize all you want but it is meaningless until you act.
Give me GUT over brains any day; “Fire-in-the-Belly.”
Why don’t we teach ‘gut’ at business schools in addition to probability theory?
The truth is, graduates from BS come out believing that pristine solutions will work.
How many great (on paper) ideas have you seen die on the vine because they don’t have a passion player driving them.
Why don’t we promote people with gut as being just as important as smart? How about starting a conversation around someone’s “GQ” (gut quotient) in addition to their IQ?
It will never happen!
Why? Because we STILL covet the brain rather than what the brain needs to actually accomplish something.
Without GUT the brain is useless.
Find more GUT.
Hire GUT.
Cheers,
Roy
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- Posted 12.9.13 at 01:40 am by Roy Osing
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November 11, 2013
What happens when you WOW! someone?
If your strategy is to WOW! customers, you have to look for the right people.
Yes, it’s important to have people with intellectual competency. But it doesn’t guarantee DAZZLING customer service.
Too much emphasis is placed on how smart someone is.
Recruit people that “love” humans.
It’s not about what they know.
It’s about how they feel.
WOW! doesn’t happen when you show ‘em what you’ve got mentally.
WOW! happens when you show ‘em what you’ve got emotionally.
You can teach people the content of your business but you can’t teach them to care for others.
Either they have it or they don’t.
Find those that do.
Cheers,
Roy
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- Posted 11.11.13 at 05:51 am by Roy Osing
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