Episode 038 - The Strong Hand Tool
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Download the Strong Hand Tool worksheet mentioned in this episode:
https://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast-episode-038/
In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast:
Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore and his right hand man Shane Kardos discuss the Strong Hand Tool, a good thinking hack to realize the places where you might get stuck while trying to get things done.
0:00 Intro
0:45 Documentary on Terry Kath, one of the founding members of the band Chicago: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5037288/
3:07 Lodestone is here to help! https://www.lodestonetruenorth.com
3:58 Strong Hand Tool
- There are some wall that we run into…
4:54 The first hurdle is Epiphany…
- Ideas, solutions, clarity…
5:08 “On the pathway to execution, the first problem is that folks just don’t see things.”
8:54 The second hurdle is Context…
- Put that epiphany into your context of where you are going with your business. Why does it matter? How does it fit our strategy?
10:12 Book reference - Principles for Navigating Big Debt Crises by Ray Dalio
- Big take-away - You need to ask yourself what principle are you operating under?
12:28 The third hurdle is Framework or Format
- What’s our operating system? Where do we drop this information into a system in which we get things done?
17:01 “The framework disappears in the hands of the craftsman.”
17:41 The fourth hurdle is Execute…
18:59 Book reference - 20 mile march from Jim Collins book Great By Choice - https://www.jimcollins.com/concepts/twenty-mile-march.html
19:58 Work ethic can sometimes be toxic, especially when going in the wrong direction…
21:11 The fifth hurdle is Review…
21:41 AAR Tool - see our podcast episode 032 for details: https://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast-episode-032-aar-exercise/
23:15 Download the Strong Hand Tool worksheet here: https://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast-episode-038/
24:59 Some signs that you are a visionary…
28:12 What we do here at Lodestone…
35:26 Sprechstimme singing - https://www.britannica.com/art/Sprechstimme
**Credits**
Music - Feelin’ Stronger Every Day - Chicago
Music - Remedy - The Black Crowes
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