Hello Reader,

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Ever since we've decoupled world news from this newsletter, it's been a bit of a challenge for me to find my footing. Part of it is I'm putting pressure on myself to deliver the best product possible. What's good is, I know what I want to do and we now have the space to do it; so, when we're ready to do what we want it will hopefully be done at a high level and with preparation. Growing can come in different forms but capacity is also important, and having room for your growth.

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Leadership Lessons - Cultural Fit

I was watching Ray Dalio, billionaire hedge-fund manger, give an interview about his career and latest book, "How Countries Go Broke: The Big Cycle". During the interview he and the host got into growing your business and scaling. On this subject and with respect to hiring the right talent, Dalio posed the question, how do you (the candidate) adapt to my culture?

Sometimes entrepreneurs and business minded people become preoccupied with profit. Profit is important and a critical indicator of whether or not a business is a business, but it's also a result. Businesses earn revenue by adding value to the marketplace. In your business dealings how are your centering your mission? How are you making it so what you have to offer is and remains valuable? When hiring in particular, because the purpose of an employee is to help in the execution of your vision, you should take into consideration how a candidate aligns with the attributes and conditions around and or necessary for you to deliver a high quality product and or experience.

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Encouragement for Your Week

This week I want to encourage you to become specialized. You don't always necessarily need to do something different or make a bunch of adjustments. From my experience, being a generalist can be a dual edge sword. In today's world people are doing multiple things to stay above water. Additionally, it's a sound practice to be skilled in more than one thing. This being the case, the flip side is having a good enough understanding of several disciplines can diminish your credibility. Use other schools of thought to strengthen your main core competency but also fortify your main strength. Use what you know to help you get better at what you're good at, but also objectively speaking, get better at what you're good at. Lean into the core traits of your primary discipline and grow in your knowledge and application of your expertise.

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Have a well orchestrated week!

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