Exceptional Children's Foundation’s Post

The future of the company

🚀 "Ask the girl. Shoot the shot. Launch the business..." This post is a powerful reminder to seize opportunities and embrace risks! At 85, we'll cherish our bold choices and the stories they created. 🌟 This echoes a discussion I had with @JaneSmith about entrepreneurial spirit. Embracing risk often leads to growth and memorable experiences. What's one risk you've taken that you're proud of? #TakeTheLeap #Entrepreneurship #LifeStories Let's share and inspire! 📈💪

Imperfect action, or perfectionism? Is… Just stupid? or a smart business move? Isn’t taking imperfect action the theme for this year? Or every year, it seems. For a brand & and graphic designer, it's the theme every year, no? But,  “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” Every time! The eternal design culture struggle between great, and great enough is very real when working with design and branding. We tend to perfect a design until it’s ready to sit in a museum. It can be difficult to know when to declare something as done, vs perfecting it. It goes against designers’ very nature. We want our creation to be perfectly symmetrical Perfectly balanced In short, Perfect! This is not strategic: It’s culture.  It’s also perfectionism in its purest form. 🗝️ A key realization I’ve had this last year is that often the perfect time will never come.  Smart thinking? Maybe. Love this picture below from #AlexHormozi. Here’s my version: “Write the post. Post the post. Run the ad. Take the risk. Just start. Make the connection. Send the reach-out. When you’re 85 years old, and on your deathbed, you’re not gonna wish you had fewer crazy stories. Be ONE of ZERO.” Knowing when to ship, and when to keep perfecting IS the strategy. Here’s my attempt at adding to my design studio checklist, among other items, for when a piece is complete: ✅ Have you pushed yourself to make it the best you possibly can? ✅ Is the design as unique as possible from any other design like this that you’ve seen or created or the inspiration you used? ✅ Is it designed to the specs of the brief? ✅ Does it achieve the goals you’ve set with the client?  ✅ Ship. We have no business designing the same way we did last year. It’s a New Year. Let’s get after it! Hope this helps somebody today! P.S. If you have any more good ones to add to this design checklist, I would love to hear yours! #branddesign #designerslife

Progress is Only Achieved by Taking a Leap of Faith

Memorable lesson here by demonstrating rather than reciting, and sharing wisdom not propaganda as a priority of education. I wonder what the final exam looks like.

Start with what's more important. You are replaceable at work, but not at home. Who is getting your time and energy today? #coaching #energy #yourtimeisnow

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Pay attention to what’s critical first

Here is what a President's message should be.