Demetrius > Recent Status Updates

It’s written first person perspective but this isn’t his way of speaking AT ALL. Not sure if I will read this. And it’s hard copy which made me even more excited. Huh

Everywhere I’ve gone, Ive found the vegetables, and in finding them, Ive found new flavors, new techniques, and new philosophies. To eat plants is to be open to the world.

Once people think of meatless food is food, as worthy of their attention and their meals, imagine how much the world will change. A diet based on plants is a diet of diversity, of abundance and opportunity, of innovation.

Learned early on that her role was to care for others, even when no one attended to her feelings

Glad to get back to this book after so much familial schtuff has happened and come to light

Discover that one fundraising superpower: is a storytelling? Partnering? Is it your voice? Shepherding supporters? Accessing news outlets? Featuring a celebrity?

Once you know it: harness it, improve it, leverage it!

There are two things that caused driven organizations are generally proficient at: conducting unproductive, meetings, and postponing decisions. Generally the two go hand-in-hand.

Maxed out capacity may be a sign of imminent growth and burnout

What benefits derive from categorizing hours for me I’m able to see what’s moving the needle, where the team is focusing on client efforts, and perhaps where we need to refocus

I shared a list of questions that I’ve been developing and updating over the years, meant to inform executives: what’s working, what’s not, what’s missing, and what’s confusing

Good leaders should be the best listeners

A leader’s role when setting bold goals is establishing how to reach them. Most, but not all of the time, that means aligning onboard talent and tasks to pursue firm priorities.

In all leadership endeavors: make a decision. If you’re wrong, you’ll know right away that it needs to be fixed. If you’re right, things improve. If you don’t decide, you’ve lost control, and nothing can help.

Plans are worthless, but planning is everything -Eisenhower

We’re in the first revolution: crisis of leadership

Diagram of a Great variation on an Action Priority Matrix

Nonprofits operate in resource, constrained environments, and it’s normal to feel you have no capacity for anything other than daily tasks

🙏🏾

Keeping your head clear, your confidence high, and your focus strong are vital in maintaining forward momentum.

Productivity increased because people knew they were going to be held accountable

Very much like a sibling connection, where the biological linkage is taken for granted

I’d rather consider it implicit vs her Grear example before of the 7th house face to face pull and withdraw ongoing