Hi there, I have a lot to learn


To begin, I am bad at lots of things. I always seem to take longer to "get it", and I absolutely insist on learning most of my lessons the hard way. Knowing that about myself is a good thing though. It allows me to better plan for improvement and the inevitable failure in life that we all face. Well since I am so bad, why I am I writing a blog to try and help others improve? Did I mention I learn lessons the hard way? I do that a lot. When I learn things the hard way I'm still learning, and I want to share the gritty details of failure so maybe others can learn from my hard lessons. I have a specific path I am taking in life. That path has two rules so far. One, always tell the truth, and two, work to get incrementally better at something every day.

I am the CEO of a medium sized business. I started as an entry level employee and worked my way to my current position over the past decade. It has been very challenging at times, but very rewarding as well. I have gone from having no idea what I want in life to having tentative one, five, ten, and twenty year plans. "Bullshit!" you might say, to which I would reply "we'll see". In the beginning I want to stick closely to personal productivity and motivation. From there the road forks and we will have to decide what is next at that time. That doesn’t mean I won't jump from one topic to the next. The only commitment I am making with this is consistency. I will try to post something every two weeks and build on larger concepts one piece at a time.

As I figure out how all of this works and build processes for it, I will share on twitter (@minorleagueceo). I am anonymous for now mainly because I don't want any of my ideas to have any impact on my personal and professional life. As a CEO I have very specific ideas on how much someone in my position should make (4x the lowest paid employee) and profit margin doesn’t matter as much to me as the futures of the people I work with. That sounds innocuous and all, but it is by no means popular in mainstream business (I deal with enterprise level counterparts), and I don’t want to catch shit and raise my stress levels. I look forward to what lies ahead.

P.S. I am bad at writing. I know that. If you want to give constructive feedback on grammar or anything else. Reach out on twitter.

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