Thoughtfully Ruthless

Chapter 12Mind the Gap

This chapter explains how you can take immediate action today and create an early warning system to ensure your good intentions don't fall through the gap. It covers the common excuses leaders give for not being thoughtfully ruthless, how to overcome them, and how to course-correct along the way so you have the unlimited energy, increased discretionary time, and remarkable team to support you as a thoughtfully ruthless leader. Finally, it prepares you for the success you are about to experience as well as how to handle yourself when you have additional time, energy, and resources at your disposal.

Evaporating Excuses

As this book comes to its conclusion, I realize I could spend an entire chapter talking about excuses, but that would excuse me from actually wrapping up this book with powerful, meaningful insights that will inspire you to go from simply thinking to actually taking action about becoming more thoughtfully ruthless. This is the precise point in reading a book where excuses pop up like bamboo shoots bursting through the ground, eager to grab anything nearby and choke the life out of it. If you have taken action prior to reading this chapter, you are already ahead of the curve. “Anything you can do, I can do better, I can do anything better than you. NO YOU CAN'T, YES I CAN, NO YOU CANT, YES I CAN, NO YOU CANT, YES I CAN, YES I CAN, YES I CAN!”

This song from the Broadway show Annie Get Your Gun says it all, endless arguing about who does it ...