Look Around At Who You Spend Your Time With

When you choose who to follow on LinkedIn, you are choosing your future thoughts.

Much of what you become in life depends on whom you choose to admire and copy.

If you want to become remarkable, you need to spend as much time as you can with people who are doing remarkable things.

I've listened to an interview with a remarkable person, a retired Army Four Star General Stanley McCrystal.

I hope you'll enjoy the following gem as much as I have.

It reminds me of Frank Shamrock and his "plus, minus, equals" philosophy.

Think of it as you craft your leadership plans and strategies.

General Stanley McCrystal is typing now:

"You should have a running list of three people that you’re always watching;

someone senior to you that you want to emulate,

a peer who you think is better at the job than you are and who you respect,

and someone subordinate who’s doing the job you did - one, two, or three years ago - better than you did it.

If you just have those three individuals that you’re constantly measuring yourself off of, and you’re constantly learning from them, you’re going to be exponentially better than you are.”

I often talk about leading like a gardener.

As a gardener, you can’t make the plant grow.

All you can do is set the conditions to allow that happen naturally.

Set the conditions.

That's all.

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