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Metaphor: a company is like a tree When we established Toyota Motor Company, we saw our company as a newly planted tree. At that time we had no knowledge of how to take care of and look after a tree. Questions to find your values What do we consider a beautiful tree? What do we not consider a beautiful tree? Questions to find your principles What decisions have we made today that made the tree more beautiful?...
Metaphor: Catching the big fish vs learning to fish Catching the big fish An organization has a problem; we can liken this problem to 'a big fish'. Therefore, the goal of the improvement project is the big fish learning to fish The key is to ensure that all employees know how to fish and Toyota's improvement project are geared towards 'teaching employees to fish'. Everyone can always improve their fishing ability, as there will always be new fish....
Metaphor: a startup is a seed in a cracked sidewalk A marginal but growing market ignored by incumbents is like a crack in the sidewalk, and a startup is like a seed. The crack gives the seed a place to germinate. At first it's just a little shoot, but if it keeps growing it will eventually push the sidewalk apart Metaphor: government regulation is like herbicide Corollary: If you see a stretch of sidewalk full of cracks with no shoots growing out of them, it has probably been sprayed with some sort of herbicide, like the RIAA or government regulation....
the education to become a leader is a lifestyle, it's like the choice to become healthy at the early days it's usually a lot of heavy lifting at a steep learning curve - I have to change the way I eat - I have to go to the gym I hate that And then you get into shape and you feel good and you look good and your doctor is very happy with you And the worst part is, once you get into shape, you have to keep going to the gym and eating healthy for the rest of your life It's not something you do, achieve your goal and then stop It's the choice to live a life that way Even though there might have been a finite goal in the short term Leadership is the same it is a lifestyle it is a muscle that requires constant exercise and though you may study all of the theory about leadership and you may have been good at it at one time if you don't keep it up the muscle will atrophy (src: [[video-the-infinite-game-how-to-lead-in-the-21st-century-simon-sinek....
Pro Easy Quick win Con Never want to remove them Become dependent Limiting Don’t learn the essence: improve & adapt Can’t improve on it Pro - Easy It’s easy to copy something in it’s whole at first. Imitation is how most learning happens (Model_ Shu Ha Ri) Pro - Quick win Never underestimate the value of a quick win. It goes a long way towards convincing people! Con - Never want to remove them People think: “It works, why fix it?...
When you have an unwanted emotion, trying to make it go away will only prolong it. trying to ignore (flee from) it, will only make it come back faster. But when you allow it to be, and be fully present with it, It will exhaust itself and go away. Surf the feeling. A feeling is like a wave. It starts small, Then it grows towards a climax. After which it ebbs away....