week 3 capstone
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Week 3 - Capstone
There’s nothing wrong with pursuing a vision for greatness.
But good-to-great companies continually refined the path to
greatness with the brutal facts of reality.
How to Confront the Brutal Facts
• Lead with Questions, Not Answers– Identify a few people who are not afraid to tell
you the truth.– Ask questions about your passion, talent, career
aspirations, and economic engine.– Honest feedback will help you understand the
“brutal facts”.
How to Confront the Brutal Facts
• Engage in Dialogue and Debate, not Coercion– Don’t go in to a conversation with the goal of
convincing others about your point of view.– Instead, listen to them and consider their
arguments and beliefs– Seek first to understand, then to be understood– Allow your mind to be changed
How to Confront the Brutal Facts
• Conduct Autopsies, Without Blame– Fail quickly, and cheaply, and freely share about
the experience so that others may learn from it– Understand why you’ve made mistakes in the
past, and learn from them– Don’t blame others for past mistakes
How to Confront the Brutal Facts
• Build “Red Flag” Mechanisms– Set up warnings and alarms to let you know when
you’re straying from your personal mission– Have others keep you accountable to your plans– Write down your goals and assess your progress
regularly
Never Waver in Your Faith
• Have confidence that you will succeed• Understand that you may face challenges, but
do not give up on your goals• If you need to reinvent yourself, it may be
another stepping stone to your dream
The Stockdale Paradox
“You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end – which you can never afford
to lose – with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever
they might be.” – Admiral Jim Stockdale
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