Work
Excellence is a form of generosity. Do good work for others.
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Be the person who does what they said they'd do
This sounds obvious. It is extraordinarily rare. If you say you'll send something by Friday, send it Thursday. If you commit to something, treat it as a contract with your own integrity. People who are reliable are magnetically trusted.
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Give credit loudly and often
In a meeting, when someone's idea is used, say "that came from [name]." Write it in the email chain. The person who shares credit is the person everyone wants to work with — and paradoxically, the one everyone remembers.
- ritual
Protect one 90-minute block per day for real thinking
Not email. Not meetings. The work only you can do — the thinking, creating, strategizing. Block it. Defend it. The rest of the day can be reactive. This one block is where your actual value lives.
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Ask people about their life, not just their work
Before diving into an agenda, ask one human question. "How was your weekend?" and then actually listen. The best professional relationships are ones where the humans inside them are visible. People work harder for those who see them.
- ritual
End each week with three questions
What did I do well? What would I do differently? What do I want to carry into next week? Five minutes. No journal needed. This creates a feedback loop that most people never build — and it compounds over years into mastery.