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Take it personally

Take it personally

Topic
Leadership
Type
Quick take

If you're taking the lead in a serious project, the best way to achieve success is to take it personally.

In my experience, the most complex problems we've faced and managed to solve have followed certain patterns:

❌ They were not resolved within the regular process flow.

❌ They were not addressed with consensus and shared accountability.

❌ They were not fixed within the regular working shift.

Instead:

✔️ They were solved through intensive work and the use of war rooms.

✔️ They were tackled with perseverance and extreme accountability.

✔️ They were handled by working harder.

They were solved because the people that worked on them, they were not just assigned a project, they took it personal.

Things that you should not take personally:

  • Projects of minor importance,
  • Personal feedback,
  • Decisions that go against your opinion (embrace the principle of "disagree and commit").

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