Tipping Point Note: What Are You Waiting For?

"The Waiting Place...for people just waiting."

"Waiting for a train to go

Or a bus to come, or a plane to go

Or the mail to come, or the rain to go

Or the phone to ring, or the snow to snow

Or waiting around for a Yes or No

Or waiting for their hair to grow.

Everyone is just waiting."

"Waiting for the fish to bite

Or waiting for wind to fly a kite

Or waiting around for a Friday night

Or waiting, perhaps, for their Uncle Jake

Or a pot to boil, or a Better Break

Or a string of pearls, or a pair of pants

Or a wig with curls, or Another Chance.

Everyone is just waiting."

~ Dr. Seuss, Oh, The Places You'll Go!,

Random House

 

 

What are you waiting for?

Which one action would give you the next step?

What assumptions are you making?

What are the excuses that swirl in your mind?

Who will / must / do you expect to give you permission to move forward?

Do you really need permission?

How long have you been waiting?

Do you catch yourself saying, "I have to do X first...then I can start...

Are you trying to move away from something..................or move toward something new?

 

Waiting...waiting...

It's Tipping Point Time

 

 

(BTW... if you're waiting for someone to say, "Tipping Point" hits a nerve...

you'll enjoy our final contrarian speaker of the year...)

Tipping Point: Mandela-isms Part 2

Mandela's Leadership Rules

No. 2: Lead from the front - but don't leave your base behind.

"Things will be better in the long run", he said. 

"I am thinking about our future generations, posterity in mind.

His question was,

"How will they (future generations) think about what we have done?"

Mandela's  Tipping Point: Tactics

Mandela refused to negotiate at a time when everyone expected him to negotiate. 

For him, this was about tactics, not principles. 

He made the distinction that almost anything that would get him to the actual goal

(of over-throwing apartheid and the achievement of one man/one vote),

was a tactic to be used strategically.

Tactics as a Tipping Point:  If you could be more strategic, more tactical in your leadership, what would that give you? Who could you accomplish?