A short spoken segment from Donald Burns advising listeners to identify whether people in their lives are 'anchors' (holding them back) or 'accelerators' (helping them grow). He emphasizes that awareness enables choice, and choice enables change — so clarify who helps you accelerate and who holds you back to make intentional changes to your team and relationships.
Most people are either an anchor or they're an accelerator. We have friends and associates, and we have people on our team, too, that evolve with us. And we also have people that kind of stay where they are. Awareness precedes choice. Choice precedes change. It's about you giving clarity about what people are holding you back and what people are letting you accelerate. You have to be aware of something before you can make an actual change.
If your restaurant only works because you work 80 hours a week, it doesn't work.
