One of the challenges of modern living is that we are constantly marketed to about the next Magic Solution, that Silver Bullet which is going to solve all of our problems. The sliming pill which will allow us to eat anything and everything and still lose weight; that training program that for just 1 minute a day will give us that beach body we have always wanted; or that health drink that will make us look younger, healthier and let us live to 100.
As much as we all would love to have these things, they are not coming, marketers are just using our desires to make us buy products that don’t work, they know we want that dream product so of course they offer it to us, but its not going to work.
This is just the same in business, consultancies are always selling us the next big thing, that revolutionary product, magic service, all the things which are going to give us the edge over the competition and make us number 1 in the market.
But just like the magic slimming pill these, solutions we’re waiting for or maybe are investing in, these are just Silver Bullet solutions, they promise so much but often deliver so little.
It’s like fools gold, the emperors news clothes and when we get involved in that waiting, implementing game for these things, then we are losing the opportunity to actually do something and improve our situation.
More often than not we know what we should do. I know I need to eat less and exercise more if i want a better healthier body and I could start to do that right now.
There is no substitute for hard work, no matter how much we would love that to be true, and the sooner we realise that, then the quicker we can start to improve the situation.
I know what you’re thinking, but haven’t you developed the FAST Leadership Approach, aren’t you marketing that as a Silver Bullet Solution?
Well no, not really.
FAST is an approach which is going to Focus your efforts and your resources onto the right things, for you which will then make all your hard work effective, you will see the fruits of your labours. Too often people are focused on the wrong things which is why they fail to achieve the level of success their efforts deserve.
By keeping the solution Simple, and having Transparency into performance, then you can look to increase your efficiency.
When you increase both effectiveness and efficiency then you will definitely improve your performance and your position.
So no it’s not a Silver Bullet solution, because you still have to work hard, there is no substitute for that and there probably never will be, but it will put you on the right track so you can be successful.
So stop waiting for that Silver Bullet solution which is not coming, and contact me at gordon@leadership-principles.com to find out more about FAST Leadership and how it can help you to start to improve you’re business today.
FAST will help you increase effectiveness and efficiency and when you do that then you will achieve success faster!
Every Cloud has a silver lining
Simple Silver Bullet Solution has no shining
As Guru Gordon has elucidated so candidly. There is and never will be any short cut to success. A simple way to understand FAST Leadership is split it into three steps.
1.Define it
F-Focused
A-Accountable (Transparent)
S-Strategy (with)
T-Tactics
The above Acronym is self-explanatory. Success demands sacrifice and only the most willing make it to the veritable list of eligible. You need to carefully identify and prepare the task list clearly demarcating the To Dos from the Don’t. Then you need to choose the right knowledge repository to draw from. Here comes the Silver Bullet Solution be it in tracking personal fitness or restructuring organizational efficiency or anything that you endeavor to achieve. The best way to imbibe these sweet pills is with a pinch of the Salt of Reality.
Prepare your burn or velocity chart which solves problems as part of the Lean strategy bench-marked with agile bug fixing at each milestone as part of the Tactics.
As ShunTzu has rightly stated in his Treatise on ancient Chinese warfare “STRATEGY WITHOUT TACTICS IS PARTIAL FAILURE , TACTICS WITHOUT STRATEGY IS ABSOLUTE DISASTER”
Hence the Silver bullet solution at best can form a part of the Tactics imperative to achieve the Grand Strategy.
Once the Road-map is Ready we move to the next stage
2.Do it
Then the real Grind takes over what differentiates the success from the failure is the Resilience with which one preservers and persists to prime for success. It is the single-minded dedication, devotion and determination that forms the common denominator of the achievers.
As Henry Wordsworth Longfellow so rightly put it
The heights by great men reached and kept
Were not attained by sudden flight,
But they, while their companions slept,
Were toiling upward in the night.
While the Silver Bullet Solution inspires you with the initial urge or motivates you by conditioning your brain to think that it is possible. It is the rigorous routine of execution with seamless synchronicity which ensures victory of your intentions thereby pushing you to the pinnacle of success. Once having scaled the peak comes the trickiest next stage.
3.Retain it
Classically Success, “Veni, vidi, vici” “I came; I saw; I conquered” if not retained over the period of its useful timeline is often discarded as the rhetorical Flash in the Pan Syndrome. Hence if achieving success is vital retaining it super important. The key to retention of oft elusive success is by following the path of continuous improvement which can only be achieved through candid feedback. That is why while success remains the territory of the victor one who is able to retain it joins the exclusive rank of Champions eventually heralded as Leaders’ Leader.
As Guru Gordon mentions in one his articles “Feedback or Feed-Forward is the breakfast of the Champions”
https://gordontredgold.com/2015/05/26/feedback-is-the-breakfast-of-champions/
“We need to understand how well we are doing; what the opportunities there are for improvement; which areas we could do better; and the only way to do that is to be open to feedback.”- Gordon TredGold
Emotional Intelligence plays a vital role in converting the Silver bullet into a Titanium one and then retaining it by tipping it with the Champion Diamond.
As the management adage goes “Bullshit might get you to the Top But it won’t keep you there” Hence if achieving Success is the first milestone then Retention is the key while hard work forms the bottom line. The Leadership coach is that Catalyst who carefully curates the Success Chemistry and ensures continuity guiding you at each step of the journey.
Still thinking!!! Go ahead and bite the bullet for as Lord Buddha says “When the Student is Ready the Teacher shall appear”
U can read my Blog
https://drsanjaypsahoo.wordpress.com/2015/07/02/analysis-of-stop-waiting-for-a-silver-bullet-solution-that-isnt-coming/
Read My Blog for the Nifty Analysis:
https://drsanjaypsahoo.wordpress.com/2015/07/02/analysis-of-stop-waiting-for-a-silver-bullet-solution-that-isnt-coming/
Every Cloud has a silver lining
Simple Silver Bullet Solution has no shining
As Guru Gordon has elucidated so candidly. There is and never will be any short cut to success. A simple way to understand FAST Leadership is split it into three steps
1. Define it
F-Focused
A-Accountable (Transparent)
S-Strategy (with)
T-Tactics
The above Acronym is self-explanatory. Success demands sacrifice and only the most willing make it to the veritable list of eligible. You need to carefully identify and prepare the task list clearly demarcating the To Dos from the Don’t. Then you need to choose the right knowledge repository to draw from. Here comes the Silver Bullet Solution be it in tracking personal fitness or restructuring organizational efficiency or anything that you endeavor to achieve. The best way to imbibe these sweet pills is with a pinch of the Salt of Reality.
Prepare your burn or velocity chart which solves problems as part of the Lean strategy bench-marked with agile bug fixing at each milestone as part of the Tactics.
As ShunTzu has rightly stated in his Treatise on ancient Chinese warfare “STRATEGY WITHOUT TACTICS IS PARTIAL FAILURE , TACTICS WITHOUT STRATEGY IS ABSOLUTE DISASTER”
Hence the Silver bullet solution at best can form a part of the Tactics imperative to achieve the Grand Strategy.Once the Roadmap is Ready we move to the next stage
2. Do it
Then the real Grind takes over what differentiates the success from the failure is the Resilience with which one preservers and persists to prime for success. It is the single-minded dedication, devotion and determination that forms the common denominator of the achievers.
As Henry Wordsworth Longfellow so rightly put it
“The heights by great men reached and kept
Were not attained by sudden flight,
But they, while their companions slept,
Were toiling upward in the night.”
While the Silver Bullet Solution inspires you with the initial urge or motivates you by conditioning your brain to think that it is possible. It is the rigorous routine of execution coupled with seamless synchronicity which ensures victory of your intentions thereby pushing you to the pinnacle of success. Once having scaled the peak comes the trickiest next stage.
3. Retain it
Classically Success, “Veni, vidi, vici” “I came; I saw; I conquered” if not retained over the period of its useful timeline is often discarded as the rhetorical Flash in the Pan Syndrome. Hence if achieving success is vital retaining it super important. The key to retention of oft elusive success is by following the path of continuous improvement which can only be achieved through candid feedback. That is why while success remains the territory of the victor one who is able to retain it joins the exclusive rank of Champions eventually heralded as Leaders’ Leader.
As Guru Gordon mentions in one his articles “Feedback or Feed-Forward is the breakfast of the Champions”
https://gordontredgold.com/2015/05/26/feedback-is-the-breakfast-of-champions/
“We need to understand how well we are doing; what the opportunities there are for improvement; which areas we could do better; and the only way to do that is to be open to feedback.”- Gordon TredGold
Emotional Intelligence plays a vital role in converting the Silver bullet into a Titanium one and then retaining it by tipping it with the Champion Diamond.
As the management adage goes “Bullshit might get you to the Top But it won’t keep you there” Hence if achieving Success is the first milestone then Retention is the key while hard work forms the bottom line. The Leadership coach is that Catalyst who carefully curates the Success Chemistry and ensures continuity guiding you at each step of the journey.
Still thinking!!! Go ahead and bite the bullet for as Lord Buddha says “When the Student is Ready the Teacher shall appear”
Read My Blog for the Nifty Analysis:
https://drsanjaypsahoo.wordpress.com/2015/07/02/analysis-of-stop-waiting-for-a-silver-bullet-solution-that-isnt-coming/
Every Cloud has a silver lining
Simple Silver Bullet Solution has no shining
As Guru Gordon has elucidated so candidly. There is and never will be any short cut to success. A simple way to understand FAST Leadership is split it into three steps
1. Define it
F-Focused
A-Accountable (Transparent)
S-Strategy (with)
T-Tactics
The above Acronym is self-explanatory. Success demands sacrifice and only the most willing make it to the veritable list of eligible. You need to carefully identify and prepare the task list clearly demarcating the To Dos from the Don’t. Then you need to choose the right knowledge repository to draw from. Here comes the Silver Bullet Solution be it in tracking personal fitness or restructuring organizational efficiency or anything that you endeavor to achieve. The best way to imbibe these sweet pills is with a pinch of the Salt of Reality.
Prepare your burn or velocity chart which solves problems as part of the Lean strategy bench-marked with agile bug fixing at each milestone as part of the Tactics.
As ShunTzu has rightly stated in his Treatise on ancient Chinese warfare “STRATEGY WITHOUT TACTICS IS PARTIAL FAILURE , TACTICS WITHOUT STRATEGY IS ABSOLUTE DISASTER”
Hence the Silver bullet solution at best can form a part of the Tactics imperative to achieve the Grand Strategy.Once the Roadmap is Ready we move to the next stage
2. Do it
Then the real Grind takes over what differentiates the success from the failure is the Resilience with which one preservers and persists to prime for success. It is the single-minded dedication, devotion and determination that forms the common denominator of the achievers.
As Henry Wordsworth Longfellow so rightly put it
“The heights by great men reached and kept
Were not attained by sudden flight,
But they, while their companions slept,
Were toiling upward in the night.”
While the Silver Bullet Solution inspires you with the initial urge or motivates you by conditioning your brain to think that it is possible. It is the rigorous routine of execution coupled with seamless synchronicity which ensures victory of your intentions thereby pushing you to the pinnacle of success. Once having scaled the peak comes the trickiest next stage.
3. Retain it
Classically Success, “Veni, vidi, vici” “I came; I saw; I conquered” if not retained over the period of its useful timeline is often discarded as the rhetorical Flash in the Pan Syndrome. Hence if achieving success is vital retaining it super important. The key to retention of oft elusive success is by following the path of continuous improvement which can only be achieved through candid feedback. That is why while success remains the territory of the victor one who is able to retain it joins the exclusive rank of Champions eventually heralded as Leaders’ Leader.
As Guru Gordon mentions in one his articles “Feedback or Feed-Forward is the breakfast of the Champions”
https://gordontredgold.com/2015/05/26/feedback-is-the-breakfast-of-champions/
“We need to understand how well we are doing; what the opportunities there are for improvement; which areas we could do better; and the only way to do that is to be open to feedback.”- Gordon TredGold
Emotional Intelligence plays a vital role in converting the Silver bullet into a Titanium one and then retaining it by tipping it with the Champion Diamond.
As the management adage goes “Bullshit might get you to the Top But it won’t keep you there” Hence if achieving Success is the first milestone then Retention is the key while hard work forms the bottom line. The Leadership coach is that Catalyst who carefully curates the Success Chemistry and ensures continuity guiding you at each step of the journey.
Still thinking!!! Go ahead and bite the bullet for as Lord Buddha says “When the Student is Ready the Teacher shall appear”