When you move from a worker to the leader, you have to change everything.
What no one tells you about being a CEO:
You must do what is required not what is desired.
“You can’t show me a task that is beneath me.”
“You can’t show me a task that is beneath me.”
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If you want to be the boss, first be the top performer where you are.
You can't be a real leader and a people pleaser.
If you’re growing fast, your no.1 job as CEO is to replace yourself every 3 months.
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At the start, CEO is Chief Salesperson.
Your entire job is cashflow.
Your entire job is cashflow.
Your goal is to build a company that runs better without you.
Understand your employees.
A CEO is a psychologist. It's all about carrots and sticks.
A CEO is a psychologist. It's all about carrots and sticks.
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You can usually tell if a startup will win or lose by one thing... Do they ship product fast?
The best CEOs push for action.
The best CEOs push for action.
You are no longer paid to "do things."
You're paid to hire smarter doers, while creating a dream so big it overwhelms theirs.
You're paid to hire smarter doers, while creating a dream so big it overwhelms theirs.
Your business increases in complexity with every new hire, every new product, every new project.
The best CEOs simplify despite it all.
The best CEOs simplify despite it all.
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The unglamorous truth:
You really just become a recruiter for a living.
You really just become a recruiter for a living.
Get over the title of CEO.
How do you own your business instead of it owning you?
Let your specialists run the show.
How do you own your business instead of it owning you?
Let your specialists run the show.
Big vision = top talent.
Can you get smarter people than you to believe YOU are a bet worth taking?
Can you get smarter people than you to believe YOU are a bet worth taking?
Ego is a balance.
As CEO, you have the vision… but you don’t have all the answers.
As CEO, you have the vision… but you don’t have all the answers.
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Pick a goal, and repeat it constantly.
You must be comfortable repeating yourself over & over.
You must be comfortable repeating yourself over & over.
CEO = hiring the smartest people you know to solve problems…
And then solving the ones they can’t figure out.
And then solving the ones they can’t figure out.
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As a CEO you have to be a surgeon.
Cancers will pop up... bad workers, terrible deals... Cut them out, fast.
Cancers will pop up... bad workers, terrible deals... Cut them out, fast.
Your fastest way to millions is hiring the right people.
Your fastest way to misery is hiring the wrong people.
Every single problem you have is a people problem.
Your fastest way to misery is hiring the wrong people.
Every single problem you have is a people problem.
Running a business is a gift and a hell all in one. Takes a special breed.
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