Today’s article is the third in a series learning from the book by Paul Smith, Lead With A Story: A Guide to Crafting Business Narratives that Captivate, Convince, and Inspire. In chapter two, titled “Set a Vision for the Future,” Smith recounts a modified version of the well-known folktale of a woman asking three different construction-site
I have long been interested in achieving greater success and helping others to do the same – however each person defines success. I am blessed to have achieved significant success in my life – I have a loving family and great friends, I am financially comfortable, I am still in good health, and I am able to pursue many things that I am passionate about, like travel, photography, writing and speaking. If that’s not success, I don’t know what is!
Even though I am not discontent with my life and success, I still desire to challenge myself…
In a recent article on Inc.com, author Les McKeown shared “The Most Important Leadership Skill You’ll Ever Learn.” So what is this critical skill? It’s a skill that lays the foundation for consistently good decision-making: pattern recognition.
According to McKeown,
“What differentiates serially-good-deciders from the rest of us is pattern recognition. This is the ability to see the generic and lasting patterns that underpin localized and ephemeral data, and which form the unseen framework around which lasting success is built.”
Today’s article is the second in a series learning from the book by Paul Smith, Lead With A Story: A Guide to Crafting Business Narratives that Captivate, Convince, and Inspire. In chapter one, author Paul Smith does a great job of setting the stage and laying the foundation for the relevance of his book by
