Leaders sacrifice what is theirs to save what is ours – opening quote from Leaders Eat Last.

1. You must truly care about those people in your care.
2. Inspire those around you to become great.
3. Prioritize the well-being of YOUR people. The key is to have EMPATHY.
4. Each person is someone’s son or daughter – treat them with care. Everything about being a leader is like being a parent. You must make sacrifices for them.
5. Create a circle of safety for the people that you lead. What this means is that inside the organization they are free to do whatever they want and THEY protect themselves from the dangers outside of the organization.
6. Protect everyone!!! Never criticize those in your care.
7. Endorphins are there solely to mask pain. Also released in response to stress and fear. Laughing releases endorphins.
8. Dopamine is the reason for the good feeling when we find something we have been looking for. Also released when eating. Released as we get closer to our goals (checklists)? BUT drugs also release dopamine!!! Given that dopamine is addictive, this is a problem.
9. Oxytocin – the chemical released within our tribe and loved ones. Also released when helping others expecting nothing in return. Note that Oxytocin helps us overcome addiction. Further, oxytocin is released when we struggle with others to overcome challenges. E.g CrossFit. Try to find out how to create these scenarios at work.; This is why school trips are so important. Create these team exercises for lessons as well; the jigsaw method
10. Cortisol – released when we are vulnerable and alone – anxiety. We get stressed when we are unsupported. Note that cortisol inhibits the release of oxytocin.
11. Serotonin reinforces caring/mentoring relationships.
12. Once someone is in your care, help them grow at any cost.
13. The more pressure you face, and adhere to, from the outside the more likely you are to meet SHORT TERM goals, resulting in fewer innovations, therefore stunting long-term growth.

Quote – you can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those that can do nothing for him.

Quote Submarine captain Marquet.- those at the top have all the authority and none of the information. Those at the bottom have all the information and none of the authority. A leader needs to empower these people to make decisions. The goal of the leader is to not give orders, but instead, provide intent and allow others how to get there and what to do.

In physics, the definition of power is to TRANSFER energy. Think of the light 💡 . How much energy can it take?

To build TRUST, you just tell the truth. Ask yourself, would you want to be in a foxhole with that person (Sinkek is big on military metaphor). You need to find social opportunities to build TRUST.

Shareholder value is meant to be an outcome NOT a strategy.

Remember, the person at the TOP sets the tone of the culture.

Leadership is about taking responsibility for lives, not numbers.

Gen Y is addicted to bringing distracted (millennials), not, as they would have you believe, have ADHD
. This generation fails to see the necessity of the journey to get to their destination. I.e. asking for a promotion.

To succeed you just give service to others ( reference made to the AA step 12, helping another AA member overcome their addiction).

Watch out for abundance, as it destroys value.

Set challenges for your team that outsize the resources they have available.

Profit/growth should not be the main driving factor, rather it should be a higher purpose. My purpose is to serve others inside the school; this year that is my LSA and the students.

Inspire your team to commit to each other.

You must have continuous empathy for those people you serve. Put simply, it’s a commitment to other human beings.

You will find resistance in any activity that does NOT give you instant gratification ergo that dopamine fix. You should respect resistance, HOWEVER, you must defeat it.

Resistance is impersonal, selfish and should be defeated at every turn.

The more important something is the greater the resistance. Therefore, we must use this resistance to guide us to operate in the complete and opposite direction.

Consider too this issue of rationality which is linked to our ego

When being creative let go of the need to control!

Now for some positive:

1. Stay stupid – ignore the signs of how difficult the enterprise will be. Don’t think – just act.
2. Be stubborn – don’t stop once you have committed to action.
3. Blind faith
4. Passion – do what you do, but with passion.

Beginning
1. Start BEFORE you are ready.
2. Don’t over research – 3 books max.
3. Stay primitive and don’t over plan.
4. Aim for the moon 🌝🌚
5. Plan the thing on a piece of A4 – keep it simple. There are 3 parts beginning – middle – end.
6. Speaking of the end – that’s exactly where you need to start. Then beginning then middle
7. Ask the question – ‘What is this about?’

Middle
1. Any project or story should have 7 or 8 major set pieces or scenes.
2. Now you can research.
3. Cover the canvas and get the work done! Don’t worry about the accuracy.
4. Don’t criticize yourself
5. The crazier the better – trust the soup
6. Be and think like a child – with constraints or filters.
7. Momentum is everything – work as much and as often as you can when you have momentum
8. Reflect twice a week on ” what is the project about?” Refine it dont add anything from now on unless it meets the theme. If something is missing, fill it
9. Remember that resistance comes second – always questioning your choices

A must read for educators?

Positive reinforcement – reward the good behavior and don’t nag the bag

Example when kids do really well on their work, celebrate this.

When ifed Chewbacca I simultaneously cut his nails

When someone comes to you with good news, celebrate it with them

Reinforce self with healthy ways but chocolate and alcohol

Shaping – increase behavior criteria by very small increments , higher chance of success

Improve one behavior at a time

Remember that verbal communication is not everything. Nonverbal is more powerful

Shaping people should be noon verbal and never communicated

Extinction behavior
Ignore the bad behavior eg complaining once it stops then give the person attention