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Intentionally Tiny Leaders

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Transcript

  1. INTENTIONALLY TINY LEADERS Monday, September 16, 13

  2. THIS TALK IS ABOUT YOU Monday, September 16, 13

  3. LET’S GET HEAVY Monday, September 16, 13

  4. DOESN’T EVERYTHING DIE AT LAST, AND TOO SOON? Monday, September

    16, 13

  5. TELL ME: WHAT IS IT YOU PLAN TO DO WITH

    YOUR ONE WILD AND PRECIOUS LIFE? FROM THE POEM “THE SUMMER DAY” BY MARY LOU OLIVER Monday, September 16, 13

  6. Monday, September 16, 13

  7. DOESN’T EVERYTHING DIE AT LAST, AND TOO SOON? Monday, September

    16, 13

  8. TELL ME: WHAT IS IT YOU PLAN TO DO WITH

    YOUR ONE WILD AND PRECIOUS LIFE? FROM THE POEM “THE SUMMER DAY” BY MARY LOU OLIVER Monday, September 16, 13

  9. Monday, September 16, 13

  10. STOP Monday, September 16, 13

  11. HOLY CRAP, WE ARE ALL LUCKY BASTARDS. Monday, September 16,

    13

  12. NOT WITHOUT PROBLEMS Monday, September 16, 13

  13. BUT Monday, September 16, 13

  14. HOLY CRAP, WE ARE ALL LUCKY BASTARDS. Monday, September 16,

    13

  15. AND Monday, September 16, 13

  16. TO WHOM MUCH IS GIVEN, MUCH IS REQUIRED. Monday, September

    16, 13

  17. Monday, September 16, 13

  18. SO LET’S “CHANGE THE WORLD”, RIGHT? Monday, September 16, 13

  19. SURE Monday, September 16, 13

  20. YOU CAN’T MAKE THINGS PERFECT Monday, September 16, 13

  21. BUT Monday, September 16, 13

  22. NOTHING CAN STOP YOU FROM MAKING THINGS BETTER THAN THEY

    ARE RIGHT NOW Monday, September 16, 13

  23. AND PERHAPS AND YOU BELIEVE THAT BUT THEN COMES THE

    Monday, September 16, 13

  24. FEAR Monday, September 16, 13

  25. “IF YOU THINK YOU CAN’T, WHY THINK?” DEE HOCK <3

    Monday, September 16, 13

  26. WHAT YOU THINK YOU CAN DO IS COMPLETELY IRRELEVANT Monday,

    September 16, 13

  27. THE QUESTION IS WHAT ARE YOU DOING? Monday, September 16,

    13

  28. FEAR Monday, September 16, 13

  29. “COURAGE IS THE FIRST OF HUMAN QUALITIES BECAUSE IT IS

    THE QUALITY WHICH GUARANTEES ALL THE OTHERS.” WINSTON CHURCHILL Monday, September 16, 13

  30. BUT Monday, September 16, 13

  31. COURAGE IS NOT THE ABSENCE OF FEAR BUT THE ABILITY

    TO ACT IN SPITE OF IT. Monday, September 16, 13

  32. COURAGE IS NOT THE ABSENCE OF FEAR BUT THE ABILITY

    TO ACT IN SPITE OF IT. Monday, September 16, 13

  33. COURAGE IS NOT THE ABSENCE OF FEAR BUT THE DECISION

    TO ACT IN SPITE OF IT. Monday, September 16, 13

  34. I BELIEVE MOST PROBLEMS ARE A PROBLEM OF LEADERSHIP Monday,

    September 16, 13

  35. MY DEFINITION OF LEADERSHIP, PART 1: “DECIDING TO DO THINGS.”

    Monday, September 16, 13

  36. MY DEFINITION OF LEADERSHIP, PART 1: “DECIDING TO DO THINGS.”

    Monday, September 16, 13

  37. YOU ARE A LEADER IF YOU DO THINGS Monday, September

    16, 13

  38. AND Monday, September 16, 13

  39. NOTHING CAN STOP YOU FROM MAKING THINGS BETTER THAN THEY

    ARE RIGHT NOW Monday, September 16, 13

  40. IT STARTS WITH YOU Monday, September 16, 13

  41. “EVERYONE THINKS OF CHANGING THE WORLD, BUT NOBODY THINKS OF

    CHANGING THEMSELVES.” LEO TOLSTOY Monday, September 16, 13

  42. “SWEEP YOUR OWN DOORSTEP AND THE WHOLE WORLD WILL BE

    CLEAN.” JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Monday, September 16, 13

  43. LIVING IN THE PLACE YOU BELONG, WITH THE PEOPLE YOU

    LOVE, DOING THE WORK THAT’S YOURS—ON PURPOSE. FIRST: “THE GOOD LIFE” Monday, September 16, 13

  44. LIVING IN THE PLACE YOU BELONG, WITH THE PEOPLE YOU

    LOVE, DOING THE WORK THAT’S YOURS—ON PURPOSE. “THE GOOD LIFE” Monday, September 16, 13

  45. LIVING IN THE PLACE YOU BELONG, WITH THE PEOPLE YOU

    LOVE, DOING THE WORK THAT’S YOURS—ON PURPOSE. “THE GOOD LIFE” Monday, September 16, 13

  46. LIVING IN THE PLACE YOU BELONG, WITH THE PEOPLE YOU

    LOVE, DOING THE WORK THAT’S YOURS—ON PURPOSE. “THE GOOD LIFE” Monday, September 16, 13

  47. LIVING IN THE PLACE YOU BELONG, WITH THE PEOPLE YOU

    LOVE, DOING THE WORK THAT’S YOURS—ON PURPOSE. “THE GOOD LIFE” Monday, September 16, 13

  48. LIVING IN THE PLACE YOU BELONG, WITH THE PEOPLE YOU

    LOVE, DOING THE WORK THAT’S YOURS—ON PURPOSE. “THE GOOD LIFE” Monday, September 16, 13

  49. BUT Monday, September 16, 13

  50. YOU CAN’T DO IT ALONE Monday, September 16, 13

  51. “IF THE BAD OF YOUR IDEAS ISN’T GETTING REGULARLY REPLACED

    BY THE GOOD OF OTHER PEOPLE’S IDEAS, YOU WON’T NOTICE... BUT IT WILL SUCK.” @NATEVW Monday, September 16, 13

  52. YOU CAN’T LOVE IT ALONE Monday, September 16, 13

  53. YOU KNOW WHAT YOU CAN’T FACE ALONE? Monday, September 16,

    13

  54. FEAR Monday, September 16, 13

  55. Monday, September 16, 13

  56. FEAR Monday, September 16, 13

  57. DADDY, WHERE DOES COURAGE COME FROM? Monday, September 16, 13

  58. ENCOURAGEMENT Monday, September 16, 13

  59. MY DEFINITION OF LEADERSHIP PART 2: “ENCOURAGING PEOPLE WHO DECIDE

    TO DO THINGS.” Monday, September 16, 13

  60. ENCOURAGEMENT IS THE ONLY FORCE THAT CHANGES THE WORLD IN

    THE ONLY WAY THAT MATTERS: ONE PERSON AT AT TIME. Monday, September 16, 13

  61. THEY SAY “ENERGY CANNOT BE CREATED OR DESTROYED” Monday, September

    16, 13

  62. BUT Monday, September 16, 13

  63. ENCOURAGEMENT GIVES PHYSICS THE FINGER. Monday, September 16, 13

  64. Monday, September 16, 13

  65. IF ONE PERSON YOU LOVE AND RESPECT BELIEVES IN YOU,

    YOU DON’T NEED A HUNDRED. Monday, September 16, 13

  66. Monday, September 16, 13

  67. ONE PERSON THE POWER OF Monday, September 16, 13

  68. FEELING SMALL Monday, September 16, 13

  69. “DO YOU CREATE ANYTHING YOURSELF OR JUST CRITICIZE OTHERS’ WORK

    AND BELITTLE THEIR MOTIVATIONS?” STEVE JOBS Monday, September 16, 13

  70. FEELING SMALL Monday, September 16, 13

  71. WHAT’S WRONG WITH SMALL? Monday, September 16, 13

  72. Monday, September 16, 13

  73. Monday, September 16, 13

  74. Monday, September 16, 13

  75. <!doctype society> Monday, September 16, 13

  76. Monday, September 16, 13

  77. WHAT’S WRONG WITH SMALL? Monday, September 16, 13

  78. SUBSTACK: 186 MODULES Monday, September 16, 13

  79. INTENTIONALLY TINY MODULES Monday, September 16, 13

  80. INTENTIONALLY TINY LEADERS Monday, September 16, 13

  81. Monday, September 16, 13

  82. “TINY MODULES BUILD ON OTHER TINY MODULES TO MAKE TINY

    POWERFUL HIGH LEVEL ABSTRACTIONS”. — @SUBSTACK Monday, September 16, 13

  83. TINY LEADERS BUILD ON OTHER TINY LEADERS TO MAKE TINY

    POWERFUL FEARLESS SOCIETIES. Monday, September 16, 13

  84. THE ONLY PROVEN EFFECTIVE WAY TO CHANGE THE WORLD IS

    BY DOING SMALL THINGS, ONE THING AT A TIME WITHOUT GIVING UP. Monday, September 16, 13

  85. DOESN’T EVERYTHING DIE AT LAST, AND TOO SOON? Monday, September

    16, 13

  86. TELL ME: WHAT IS IT YOU PLAN TO DO WITH

    YOUR ONE WILD AND PRECIOUS LIFE? Monday, September 16, 13