This is a book talking about the mindset of growth. It tells the blockages of growth and what kinds of mindset to keep for the growth. Furthermore, there is a direct connection between the growth and leadership. A leader makes a team grow, and this makes sense for everyone who aims to pursue the growth with a mentality of leadership.
Not everything can be spoken or written clearly.
There is limitation to the language. A successful business is composed of countless decision moments, and either a moment is not recorded or hardly can it be expressed by languages. There are experiences that can be realized only when they are done in person. It is crucial to know the limitation of language. Knowing this helps us think more when hear or see a piece of information.
It is because of this statement, the author highlights that success is not reproducible. Following a story of success blindly is a trap we have to avoid. Then, why we read the success story? I asked myself this question. It is to build a sense of frequency to connect the pattern of success story and learn the way to convert this pattern into the real action.
Essential characteristics of leaders: optimism, humility, and justice.
Do not complain but solve the problem. Be willing to listen to others and treat each other fairly. These are normal standards to be a leader, and it works for everyone who is desired to grow and make positive changes.
Limited resources, 10 times growth could be the trigger of innovation.
10 times growth target motivates a team to think out of a box, and that is the moment of breeding innovation. Asking 2% or 5% of growth put the team to think under the existing framework and stuck the possibility of new innovation. It is same for the limited resources. Instead of allocating the sufficient resource at the beginning, the limited resources stimulate the new solution under this constraint.
Set a Vision
This is not the cliche but a true impact running in the society. It is like branding for a product or a service. Ecosystem and top quality is my first impression or we say Apple’s vision in branding. Leading compute for the technology is my first impression to NVIDIA. What is a vision we set for our family, or the team we lead in the company? The branding from vision brings intangible but impactful power.
Actions to Take
I did not cover everything from the book because everyone can do so by sending one prompt to ask AI to do summary. Instead, I wrote down what touches my heart and what could potentially makes a change to my daily life. Therefore, for one action I take from this book is to set a vision for my family and myself. As mentioned, a vision to redefine who I am and how to brand myself and family.
