If the Shoe Fits: Raising Your Child
by Miki SaxonA Friday series exploring Startups and the people who make them go. Read all If the Shoe Fits posts here
Over the past few days we’ve been discussing the importance of disconnecting, the destructive force of 24/7 work and what drives people to do it.
People who found companies do so because they have a vision; they recognize a need as well as a way to fill it.
The real work comes between recognition and fulfillment—sharing and evangelizing the vision, building a framework within which the vision can become reality and then sharing the reality with the world at large.
The middle step, the framework, is what differentiates short-term success from long-term.
The middle step requires a cultural vision that also needs to be shared and evangelized.
There is much truth in the analogy that startups are like children and, like parents, founders need to decide ahead of time the value system they want their child to absorb.
“People feel this constant need to be connected. There’s no priority structure. Everything is urgent. Everything is red flagged.” Nancy Rothbard, a Wharton management professor
As founder you have a far-reaching choice to make; far-reaching because it will affect your company for years to come and determine if your child is
- respectful and values the people in and around it; or
- a spoiled brat that sees the world only in terms of mememememememe.
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Warning.
Do not attempt to use Option Sanity™ without a strong commitment to business planning, financial controls, honesty, ethics, and “doing the right thing.”
Use only as directed.
Users of Option Sanity may experience sudden increases in team cohesion and worker satisfaction. In cases where team productivity, retention and company success is greater than typical, expect media interest and invitations as keynote speaker.
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