Get Better, Be Best
Do you know what the number one enemy of success in business is, for CEOs of any age? It’s not cash flow or ideas or team chemistry. It’s complacency. If you’re not growing and getting better, you are falling behind. There is simply no such thing as status quo in business. See, someone is looking at you right now and seeing if they can find an advantage, a way in, a way to compete and beat you in the marketplace. That competition is definitely coming from outside your doors, but it may be coming from inside as well. A weak or complacent leader appears vulnerable and ripe for the picking. Don’t be that person. Get better and stay the best. Here’s are some ways to make that happen. Depend on others, not just yourself. You should be bringing new ideas and perspectives to the table, but you need to make sure you are also learning from those who have been doing this longer and better than you. Call them a mentor, a coach or an advisor — names don’t matter, only results. You need to have someone in your life who knows more and can challenge you. Someone you respect enough to allow them to push you without demanding your attention. Someone you listen to because they’ve earned it.