Conclusion
Man is happy only as he finds a work worth doing — and does it well.
E. Merrill Root, educator and poet
If I rubbed the back of this book and a genie popped out and gave me three wishes for you, the reader, I would be a little surprised. But eventually I would tell the genie that my wishes for you are these.
1: You fail more
I hope that you will become great at failing; that you launch lots of ambitious projects that don’t get across the line; that you have spectacular failures that you are proud of, as well as failures that are a bit embarrassing. I wish that you learn to fail without being diminished by it; that you can play full-out knowing that failing is okay; and that, of course, you are failing 50 per cent of your projects — many more failures also means many more victories.
2: You master implementation
My wish is that you build the muscle of creating and executing the projects that matter, in your life, your teams and your organisations. I wish that you recognise that implementation is the key to everything; that it doesn’t come naturally; I wish that you practise it and get better at it; and that you develop an implementation mindset. More importantly, my wish is that you create the external structures, the projects, framework, support and accountability, that will turn you into an implementation ninja.
3: You get everything you want
And finally I wish that, through launching the projects that matter and mastering implementation, you achieve fulfilment and ...
