"Ideas are a commodity. Execution of them is not." Michael Dell, founder of Dell Computers.
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When it comes to productivity and success, execution trumps all. No matter how well you've designed your mission/vision statement or planned out your strategy, nothing happens if you don't get it done. Ultimately, I think mystery writer Agatha Christie said it best: "The secret of getting ahead is getting started." Christie took her own advice to heart, writing 72 books, 15 short story collections, and a long-running play, The Mousetrap
. She's still the best-selling novelist of all time, four decades after her death. And she accomplished all this while indulging her love for archaeology, spending many summers working digs in the Middle East. Execution Intelligence You and your team won't get anywhere if you allow anything to hold you back, be it procrastination, overthinking, perfectionism, or micromanagement. It's time to spring into action! How would you rate your team's ability to execute on its ideas? The ability to make ideas happen means the difference between success and failure. So how do you and your team kick into high execution gear?
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1. Don't overcomplicate the issue.
Select the easiest way to execute the mission. For example: during the Space Race, NASA spent a fortune developing a pen that could write in zero-gravity. The Russians used pencils that cost a few cents. Some Americans argued that broken leads could lodge in delicate equipment, but apparently it never happened. Grease pencils would have avoided the issue altogether.
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