Good to Great

It was very insightful for me.

But I guess probably most influential book in my time was probably when I was more on the service provider side and we were in the cycle of building a business was Good to Great by Jim Collins.

It might sound cliched, but there are so many lessons in that book from a practical research perspective that you could kind of ground some of your thinking in.

And that really helped us think about where we were trying to take a business at the time.

It was very insightful for me.

But I guess probably most influential book in my time was probably when I was more on the service provider side and we were in the cycle of building a business was Good to Great by Jim Collins.

It might sound cliched, but there are so many lessons in that book from a practical research perspective that you could kind of ground some of your thinking in.

And that really helped us think about where we were trying to take a business at the time.

...

Good to Great and Great by Choice, but his research shows that the companies-

Good to Great.

Yeah

... that really excel are the ones that are disciplined.

If you're having trouble remembering names, feeling like you've got brain fog in the middle of the day, or having trouble quieting your mind before bed, this episode is for you.

Also, he's got a new book out, which is called Limitless Daily.

I love it.

We're going to talk all about it.

I could teach people how to read three times faster, improve their focus, their study, cut their studying time in half for their work or their schooling.

uh remember facts figures foreign languages because speeches without notes all that but all of it is mitigated like that's like building the skyscraper but at the foundation i would say asleep if it's built on a on a weak foundation it's going to topple yeah there's just no doubt i mean lack of sleep i know this just through personal experience of living through it right it mitigates and impairs every every physiological and in performance you know

ability you have yeah no it's it's quite remarkable when we start to you know think about how it affects us personally but then obviously for me every client who comes and sees me has got a sleep problem every client that comes and sees you does not have a sleep problem but it's interesting when they do how it has an effect on what it is that's why you know i haven't you know talked to you about the the new book about where sleep plays a role so When you're starting to work with people and you're talking with them and you created this new book, help us understand what was, because Limitless was awesome.

This is Limitless daily.

And you have to create realistic plans.

And I'm talking to you leaders who currently have poor performers on your book.

And poor performance in your succession plan.

And they've been on a coaching for eight, 12 months.

because avoidance of some of the problem performers have become part of the culture.

When one leader refuses to address the issue, The next leader inherits more than that person.

They inherit the frustration, the distrust, the side conversations, and all the damage that comes along with having that person on your books.

You can't avoid this.

What about a book or podcast every PM leader should check out? And for those listening on Spotify, you got the coolest bookcase I've ever seen in my life behind you.

Good to Great by Jim Collins is probably my favorite business book.

Classic.

Man, I remember reading that as like a 23-year-old.

Gotcha.

Yeah, it's awesome.

And then on the good to great, has he, has Collins, he hasn't really released a lot of books.

I mean, when's the last time he wrote something?

In Search of Excellence named forty-three companies in nineteen eighty-two, and many had deteriorated within five years.

Good to Great named eleven in two thousand one, including Circuit City, which liquidated in two thousand nine, and Fannie Mae, which entered conservatorship in two thousand eight.

Both books are usually criticized for survivorship, but that criticism is shallow, even if correct.

The real problem is procedural.

To answer the question fully, I think just people are scared of change is the quickest answer.

The author Jim Collins, in his book Good to Great, wrote that the enemy of great is good.

And whether you've...

Y- you're working a 9:00 to 5:00 or you've started a business of your own, uh, there's a point where you start to feel good.