Mike AndesFounder, Augusta Lawn Care and Homeworks · Founder of Homeworks and Augusta Lawn Care

I Trust the Owner Who Thinks in Decades

16 Jun 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief monologue, Mike Andes explains that the most valuable leadership trait he looks for is patience, which he defines as a high tolerance for the pain of boring, steady execution—sometimes even doing nothing. He contrasts short‑term growth ambitions (6‑12 months) with leaders who commit to multi‑year horizons, such as a 10‑year vision or a 5‑year AI focus. Andes argues that leaders who think in years or decades are more credible because they are less likely to constantly shift goals and are more likely to reach the finish line. The core message is that enduring, patient execution, even when it feels uneventful, is the hallmark of trustworthy, long‑term leaders.

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The first one I had was just patience. Alex has a great working definition of patience, and that is like, what do you do in the meantime? Mine is high pain, a high pain tolerance for boring execution. So someone who thinks in terms of years instead of weeks and months. And so a lot of times people will be like, I wanna grow my business like next 6 months or 12 months. When I hear someone say like, for the next 10 years I'm doing this, over the next 5 years we're gonna be focused on AI. That's when I have a lot more credence to their leadership because I see the person that thinks in longer time horizons usually gets to the finish line instead of the person that is constantly finding a new finish line every few weeks. So my first one is patience and having that high pain tolerance for the boring execution. And sometimes the boring execution is not doing anything.