1. Take Responsibility → Mistakes will happen; ownership is a choice. → Use the 3 R's: Recognize, Responsibility, Resolve. → Admit mistakes, offer answers, and fix the problem.
2. Focuse on Solutions → Problems are puzzles waiting to be solved. → Use the 5 Whys to find the real cause. → Focus on answers, not problems.
3. Put Team before 'I' → There's no team in I. Think Team First. → Your actions should help everyone, not just you.
4. Show Strong Integrity → Your moral compass guides you when no one's watching. → Make choices that you'll be proud of tomorrow.
5. Listen Before Speaking → In a world full of noise, be the listener. → Careful listening can solve more problems than you think.
6. Stay Open-Minded → Change is always happening. Welcome it with a Beginner's Mind. → Different views lead to better solutions.
7. Communicate with Honest Feedback → Care personally, challenge directly. → What you say matters. How you say it matters too.
8. Emotional Intelligence (EQ) → Manage emotions to manage relationships. → Notice, understand, and handle emotions for better conversations.
9. Show Humility → Be humble. Accept that growth never really ends. → Give credit where it's due, always.
10. Get Things Done → Goals are dreams with deadlines. → Use the SMART method to bring these dreams to life.
11. Love Learning → Learning never exhausts the mind. → Welcome challenges as chances to grow and share your knowledge.
12. Show Empathy → A little empathy goes a long way. → Engage, empathise, encourage. → Be the support your team needs.
These behaviours are more than just actions. They are a way of life.
Pick one behaviour each month. • Focus on it. • Improve it. • Watch your career and life change within a year.
You can become world-class if you follow these tips.
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Most habits die before week two. You start strong. Motivation is high. Then around day 10,
it fades.
The problem is rarely discipline. It's almost always design.
When Dr. Christian Poensgen and I built the habit program inside Ultraproductive, we studied why some habits lock in and others collapse.
Three things kill most habits before they start:
Too ambitious too fast. Expecting results in days when formation takes 2 to 4 weeks. And no structure to hold it in place.
The fix comes from 6 methods:
1/ THE BEHAVIOR FORMULA: B = MAP (h/t BJ Fogg) → Every behavior needs three things: motivation, ability, and a prompt → If any one is missing, the habit won't fire
2/ WHEN-THEN PLANNING → Tie new behaviors to triggers you already have → "When I sit at my desk, then I write my goals for the day"
3/ TINY HABITS (h/t BJ Fogg) → Start so small it feels almost silly. Under two minutes → Going from zero to one is the hardest part
4/ THE HABIT LOOP (h/t Charles Duhigg) → Every habit follows the same cycle: cue, routine, reward → Lock in the reward and the loop sustains itself
5/ THE HIERARCHY OF COMPETENCE (h/t Noel Burch) → Every habit moves through four levels → From "you don't know what you don't know" all the way to autopilot
6/ THE 3 ULTRAPRODUCTIVE CORE HABITS (WEEK 1) → Three small habits. Fifteen minutes total. Your foundation → Focus: write your three most important goals each morning → Rest: get ten minutes of sunlight before 10 AM → Stress: practice two minutes of breathing, panoramic vision, or a short walk
Not just another motivational post. It’s 12 ways to grow without changing who you are.
A growth mindset isn’t just a trait. It’s a daily practice.
It’s how you respond when you’re challenged or rejected. And it’s built one habit at a time.
Here are 12 habits to strengthen your growth mindset: (With one action you can take immediately)
1. Let feedback guide you, not define you ☞ Feedback is not judgment. Its direction. ✅ Ask one person you trust: “What’s one thing I can do better?”
2. Add “yet” to your vocabulary ☞ You’re not bad at it. You’re just not good yet. ✅ Next time you fail, reframe: “I am not done yet.”
3. Set goals that stretch you ☞ Comfort zones keep you small. Growth zones push your limits. ✅ Write down one bold goal you’ve been avoiding and take step one.
4. Seek out real challenges ☞ Growth hides in what scares you. ✅ Say yes to one task others avoid.
5. Chase progress, not perfection ☞ Perfection keeps you stuck. Progress builds momentum. ✅ Celebrate 1 small improvement you made today.
6. Change your perspective on failure ☞ Failure is not the end. It’s the data for your next attempt. ✅ Write down what the last failure taught you.
7. Celebrate effort, not just results ☞ Hard work trains your mindset more than outcomes. ✅ Share a recent effort you’re proud of regardless of the outcome.
8. Be patient with yourself ☞ Self-growth isn’t a race. It’s a journey. ✅ Pause today and say: “I’m not behind. I’m becoming.”
9. Be a continuous learner ☞ Mindset grows with knowledge, not noise. ✅ Read 2 pages of a book that grows your perspective.
10. Surround yourself with people ahead of you ☞ What feels impossible to you is normal to them. ✅ Reach out to one person who’s doing what you want to do.
11. Learn from diverse network ☞ Different perspectives stretch your thinking. ✅ Follow 1 person outside your field who challenges your views.
12. Find a mentor who’s walked the path ☞ You don’t need 100 opinions, just one guide.
You don’t grow all at once. You grow one mindset shift at a time.
What if the real difference between an average finance team and a world-class one wasn’t talent… but habits?
Most teams try to “work harder” during closing, forecasting, or budgeting. But the truth?
Finance improves in the same way individuals do through tiny, consistent behaviors that compound over time
That’s why I built this cheat sheet: to translate Atomic Habits into Finance habits you can start today
Here’s what’s inside:
1. How Atomic Habits actually work Identity, systems, and tiny gains matter more than intensity. A finance team that sees itself as reliable and data-driven behaves differently.
2. The 4 Laws applied to Finance
1: Cue – Make it obvious – Clear dashboards – Daily stand-ups – Simple finance scorecards – Habit stacking during closures and POs
2: Craving – Make it attractive – Temptation bundling (variance analysis + coffee) – Social groups that celebrate clean and on-time data – “Forecast accuracy leaderboard” for business units – Motivation rituals in meetings
3: Response – Make it easy – Smaller, more frequent forecasting cycles – Pre-built templates for P&L, variance, board packs – Standard naming conventions – The 2-minute rule: if it takes <2 minutes, do it now
4: Reward – Make it satisfying – Show reduced cycle times and error drops – Visible payoff dashboards – Track on-time submissions & forecast accuracy trends – Reward behaviors that stick
1% daily improvement A finance team improving 1% per day becomes 37× better after one year Tiny process improvements beat massive transformation projects
How to break bad habits – Make them invisible (remove distractions) – Make them unattractive (highlight cost of errors) – Make them difficult (add friction to bad habits) – Make them unsatisfying (reinforce consequences)
Finance excellence isn’t built in Q4 but it’s built in the daily routines you repeat all year
Which sources do B2B buyers trust most when researching vendors and solutions? Which channels do they turn to most often during the early research phase? What are the top challenges they face?
To find out, Reddit and SurveyMonkey conducted a survey of 1,202 B2B decision-makers in the United States.
Respondents say the sources they trust most when researching are peer recommendations (73% say they trust) and vendor websites (55%).
B2B buyers say the channels they turn to most during the early research phase are search engines, peer recommendations, and vendor websites.
Buyers say the top challenges they face when researching B2B vendors and solutions are not knowing what information sources to trust and finding real user testimonials.
About the research:The report was based on data from a survey of 1,202 B2B decision-makers in the United States.
Here's the leadership secret that's changing their minds.
Servant Leadership is an “employee-focused” style that’s been studied for over 30 years.
Companies like Starbucks and Southwest Airlines have recently adopted its principles.
The reason?
Straightforward, ethical guidelines that transform work at all levels.
Here's a framework based on years of research (To catch you up in 2 minutes):
The TRUST Model of Servant Leadership:
1. Train • Develop leaders who prioritize team growth • Instill a mindset of service and support
2. Reflect • Encourage self-assessment and personal growth • Promote transparency and accountability at all levels
3. Uplift • Identify and nurture each team member's unique strengths • Create opportunities for employees to lead
4. Support • Foster an inclusive environment • Provide resources and remove obstacles
5. Transform • Align company culture with servant leadership principles • Reward servant leader behaviors
5 Practical Tips to Practice Servant Leadership:
• Listen closely • Lead by example • Invest in leadership growth • Foster open, honest feedback • Celebrate servant leadership acts
Top companies are recognizing the power of this "person-first" approach.
And it's saving teams and organizations worldwide.
Now's the time to embrace the "new school" of leadership!
How do you promote TRUST in your teams?
Credits toRuss Hill, follow him for more valuable models
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На изображении представлена модель лидерства «T.R.U.S.T.», направленная на создание высокоэффективных команд через принципы целенаправленного и служащего лидерства. Модель включает пять основных принципов, пять компонентов искусства T.R.U.S.T. и десять привычек выдающихся лидеров.
5 принципов лидера: Быть намеренным, энергичным, поддерживающим, этичным и настоящим.
Искусство T.R.U.S.T.: Обучение, рефлексия, развитие талантов (Uplift), поддержка и трансформация.
10 привычек: Включают поощрение других, соответствие слов действиям, постановку целей и развитие команды.
Модель T.R.U.S.T.: Как лидеры создают высокоэффективные команды
5 принципов целенаправленного лидерства от Гарварда
Будьте намеренными: Связывайте свою цель с миссией компании.
Будьте энергичными: Внушайте надежду и создавайте импульс.
Будьте поддерживающими: Ставьте потребности команды на первое место.
Будьте этичными: Руководствуйтесь честностью, уважением и состраданием.
Будьте настоящими: Делитесь своим истинным «я» и убеждениями.
I thought our team had a time problem. We had a clarity problem. Here's what fixed it:
Busy is not the same as moving forward.
You can fill every hour and still go nowhere.
That gap between motion and progress is where projects quietly fail.
Chaos is expensive.
✔️Missed deadlines. ✔️Shifting priorities. ✔️Hours lost to rework.
Most teams feel busy while progress quietly stalls.
Here’s what actually works:
🧠 Why plans break down: • Meetings drag without direction • Scope changes derail momentum • Unclear goals cause missed deadlines • Managers lose hours to misaligned work
Simple plans save time before problems show up.
📋 What makes plans work: • Plain language, not jargon • Clear goals and deadlines • One owner per step • Fewer than 7 steps
Simple plans move faster.
Ownership keeps them moving.
🧩 A plan that fits on one page: • Project name that’s specific • Dates tied to each step • One owner per task • One-line objective • 5–7 clear actions
That’s enough to create focus.
⚙️ Habits that keep work moving: • Check progress weekly • Keep ownership obvious • Adjust without over-editing • Reuse templates that work • Start small and build speed
🌟Try this this week: • Write a one-page plan • Cut steps until only the essentials remain • Assign one owner per task • Share it before the meeting
Good project management isn’t more tools.
It's clear thinking shared before the work begins.
Highly successful CEOs share habits like ** relentless learning, focusing on strategic vision, prioritizing health, effective delegation, building strong networks, clear communication, fostering a growth mindset, and disciplined action**, often starting days early with clear priorities and minimizing distractions for impactful execution and resilient leadership.
Here's a checklist of common habits for successful CEOs:
Time Management: Ruthlessly manage time and avoid multitasking to stay productive.
How to Use This Checklist:
Self-Assess: Rate your consistency in each area.
Identify Gaps: Pinpoint 1-2 habits to focus on improving this month.
Seek Accountability: Share with a mentor or peer for support.
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Time is our most precious resource. Every CEO will need to commit to effective time mastery behaviours in order to “win the war for talent” and accelerate business results.
1.Develop a 3-year Career BHAG
Explore all options. Combine passion with competence and need to achieve extraordinary results. Develop a plan to achieve your career BHAG. Think and act world-class to achieve your full-potential.
2. Let go of the decision.
List your top 30 work-related activities. For each activity, assess your ability to do each one based on the descriptions below:
Masterful: extraordinary ability; passion; gives you energy
Excellent: superior ability; no real sense of passion
Competent: adequate ability; boredom; little improvement in performance over time
Spend most of your time on masterful and excellent activities and delegate the competent and incompetent activities to accelerate results. Caution: Delegation without coaching and mentoring does NOT work!
3. Spend your time wisely.
What are the three most important activities on which you need to focus to deliver extraordinary results? Plan your time every day, week, month, quarter and year and you’ll be on the path to achieving your full potential and producing extraordinary results in all aspects of your life. Do you have a 90-day action plan.
4. Identify your top 20 list of 360 degree stakeholders. Business is about people. Do everything you can to build relationships with your stakeholders and help them be successful. Know why people would want to build a relationship with you. Practice the following simple, yet powerful, relationship-building strategies: Keep commitments; start on time and end on time; finish what you start; say please and thank you.
5. Take 100% responsibility and accountability for your own ability to influence.
Focus on outcomes. Clarify expectations with 360 degree stakeholders (board/boss, peers, direct reports, customers). Claim the D. Dial-up assertiveness. Minimize frustration.
6. Take control of your life balance. You are 100% responsible for achieving your full potential in all aspects of your life. Assess how satisfied are you with the following: career, health, financial situation, spouse/partner, friends/family, personal growth, home/physical environment, social responsibility and fun. Set goals and enjoy the bumpy journey of life. Be assertive with your 360 degree stakeholders to manage expectations and ask for what you want. Stop judging others. Life balance is personal.
7. Build your Skills, Behaviours and Experience (SBE) toolkit. The higher you go, the more critical leadership success behaviours are to your success. Read the HBR article, “Coaching the Alpha Male” to learn more about the following success and (derailment) behaviours:
Self confident and opinionated (intimidating)
Highly intelligent (demeaning)
Action oriented (impatient)
High-performance expectations of oneself and others (always dissatisfied)
Direct communication style (CYA culture)
Highly disciplined (burnout)
Unemotional (not inspiring)
Leadership coaching, 360 feedback, job shadowing and mentoring are very effective approaches to learning success behaviours.
8. Reach out to internal and external mentors and coaches. Surround yourself with people who inspire you to learn, grow and achieve your full potential. Be courageous and ask for help.
9. Take risks and don’t be afraid to fail. Learn from your mistakes and move on. Ask for forgiveness, not permission. Failure and rejection build character so don’t be attached to the outcome. Read Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway by Susan Jeffers.
10. Set ideal outcomes, always do your best and celebrate your success. Increase your ability to identify compelling ideal outcomes and get out of your comfort zone. Understand your starting point and work towards achieving your ideal outcomes. Look back to celebrate the progress you have made from your starting point. Avoid beating yourself up if you don’t achieve your ideal outcomes. You are good enough now and you are on a life-long journey of progress toward ideal outcomes. Strive for success, not perfection. Take five minutes every day to celebrate success and to identify your three most important accomplishments.
11. Coach, mentor and empower others to be accountable for results. Use influence, NOT position power. Listen first and listen 80/20. Dial-up empathy and use your SBEs to help others be successful. Ask questions to help people identify issues and options and make effective decisions. Stop telling people what to do and how to do it.
12. Believe in yourself and build self-confidence. Get smarter every day by building on strengths (www.strengthsquest.com) and using the “feedback is a gift” principle. Don’t take anything personally. Invest your time, money and resources to improve your SBEs. Read like crazy.
13. Be happy now. Life is short. You are only one thought away from being happy with your life. Read: You Can Be Happy No Matter What: Five Principles for Keeping Life in Perspective by Dr. Richard Carlson.
