The Habits of the Most Effective CEOs?
Summary
- The most effective CEOs focus on pruning, which means they eliminate activities that don't align with the company's current direction.
- If you're in a leadership role, it's crucial to regularly assess and stop tasks that no longer contribute to your business's goals.
- As your business's direction becomes clearer, it's important to identify and discard habits and activities that don't help propel the company forward.
- It's good practice to constantly evaluate what your company is doing and make decisions on what to continue and what to let go of.
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How To Take Action
I would suggest implementing a routine review of your actions to make sure everything aligns with your business's current goals. Start by making a list of everything you do in a week and ask yourself if each task helps move your company in the right direction. If it doesn’t, it's time to stop doing it.
Remember, just like the most effective CEOs, focus on pruning. Get rid of tasks, habits, or activities that are no longer useful. It frees up time and energy for things that are more important. This can save you money too, because you're not wasting resources on unhelpful activities.
To do this, spend an hour every week looking at your tasks. Create two columns: one for tasks that are helping your business grow and one for the tasks that are not. Try to cut out as much from the second column as you can.
Also, as your business changes, be ready to change your habits too. What worked before might not work now. Keep learning and adapting. This way, you can keep moving forward without getting stuck in old ways that don't help anymore.
Lastly, be brave in letting go. Sometimes we keep doing things just because we're used to them. But to grow, you have to say goodbye to these things. By doing so, you’ll become a more effective leader, and your business can thrive much better.
Quotes by Leila Hormozi
"the most effective CEOs prune three times as much as lesser effective CEOs"
– Leila Hormozi
"be constantly looking at what you shouldn't be doing anymore based on the direction of the business"
– Leila Hormozi
"every time we get more clear about where we're going"
– Leila Hormozi
"we also have to say well what are we doing today that doesn't actually Propel Us in that direction"
– Leila Hormozi
"habits things we're doing activities that no longer make sense to put emphasis on"
– Leila Hormozi
Full Transcript
what are habits of the most effective companies and CEOs one of them was that the most effective CEOs prune three times as much as lesser effective CEOs that's a good frame for everybody here in a leadership position is to be constantly looking at what you shouldn't be doing anymore based on the direction of the business because every time we get more clear about where we're going I think we also have to say well what are we doing today that doesn't actually Propel Us in that direction habits things we're doing activities that no longer make sense to put emphasis on