To:\u00a0 The Great Leaders Who Have a Passion for Continuous Learning<\/p>\n
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A friend recently shared with me a \u201cStudy Hacks Blog\u201d which speaks about comedian Steve Martin\u2019s memoir, Born Standing Up,<\/em> in which Martin describes the key to his success.\u00a0 His message to great leaders is a simple one: \u201cBe so good they can\u2019t ignore you.\u201d\u00a0 The author writes:\u00a0 \u201cIt simplifies the quest. Forget all the frustration, the tricks, and the worry. Just focus on becoming good. Really damn good. Outstanding.\u00a0 Unlike anyone who has come before you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Martin has two\u00a0ways for applying his \u201cmethod\u201d:\u00a0 Intellectualize<\/em> and Don\u2019t Wander<\/em>.\u00a0 For Martin, \u201csimply putting in the time is not enough.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Through Intellectualize<\/em>, he wanted to change things – go beyond the standard punch line which was popular at the time.\u00a0 He innovated, looked at the best practices\u00a0and then chose to \u201creconstruct these elements into something new and even better.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0With respect to\u00a0Don\u2019t Wander<\/em>, it was about being keenly focused on\u00a0his passion –\u00a0 \u201cstaying diligent in his interest in the one field he was trying to master\u2026.if you don\u2019t saturate your life in a single quest, you\u2019ll dilute your focus to a point where becoming outstanding becomes out of reach.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Martin\u2019s perspectives are\u00a0wonderfully captured in the counsel\u00a0given by\u00a0W. Edwards Deming, American statistician and author:\u00a0\u201cIt is not enough to do your best; you must know what to do, and then do your best.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0So, know what you do, seek to find the infinite possibilities within it and then choose to be not simply your best\u00a0…\u00a0choose more than your best: choose to be more than you ever dreamed you could be.\u00a0And have fun doing it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Have a beautiful day and a magnificent week!!!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Mike<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" To:\u00a0 The Great Leaders Who Have a Passion for Continuous Learning A friend recently shared with me a \u201cStudy Hacks Blog\u201d which speaks about comedian Steve Martin\u2019s memoir, Born… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[84,83,82],"class_list":["post-453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-three-minute-leadership","tag-born-standing-up","tag-steve-martin","tag-study-hacks-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=453"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":455,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453\/revisions\/455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}