Welcome to Hashtag Trending, the Weekend Edition.\u00a0 I\u2019m your host Jim Love.<\/p>\n
A number of years ago, a client of mine said to me, \u201cI have no idea what you do, but where you\u2019re here, stuff gets done.\u201d He actually didn\u2019t say stuff, but you might be playing this podcast with your family listening, so let\u2019s stay PG rated.<\/p>\n
The point is that not a lot of people know how to get things done. It is an undervalued but important skill in business.<\/p>\n
Another example \u2013 I taught at the University of Waterloo for a while and I remember a successful CEO came in talked our class about how his company had taken on some big players and won. He\u2019d made tens of millions of dollars.<\/p>\n
He got questions like \u201cwhat was your strategy?\u201d He explained it. It seemed simple. Powerful. The next question was \u201chow did you come up with that?\u201d<\/p>\n
His answer surprised us all. He said, \u201cwe read a book.\u201d Which leads to an obvious next question. \u201cWhat book?\u201d<\/p>\n
His answer has stuck with me for years. He said, \u201cit didn\u2019t matter.\u201d By the time any book got to be published my a major publisher, it was going to be pretty good.\u00a0 The difference with us wasn\u2019t the strategy. It\u2019s that we actually DID IT.\u201d<\/p>\n
Execution. We disdain it. We somehow think that great ideas are what makes the difference when getting stuff done is much more important.<\/p>\n
And I take nothing away from the intelligence or the strategic thinking of my guest this week, but one of the things I most admire about him, is his attention to getting stuff done.<\/p>\n
My guest is Yogi Schulz, author of a new book\u00a0 A Project Sponsor\u2019s Warp Speed Guide.<\/p>\n