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Don't Tolerate Bottlenecks #productivity #decisive #startups #momentum

Name: Don't Tolerate Bottlenecks #productivity #decisive #startups #momentum
Uploaded: 2024-05-29T13:00:19+00:00
Duration: 54 s
Channel: Ray Deck
Description: In this brief monologue, the speaker emphasizes the importance of actively eliminating bottlenecks in both professional and personal life. He recounts a…

29 May 2024 · 1 min

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In this brief monologue, the speaker emphasizes the importance of actively eliminating bottlenecks in both professional and personal life. He recounts a recent experience with a faulty internet modem that hindered his work, describing how contacting the cable company and replacing the modem restored his productivity and momentum. He then extends the principle to health, sharing that as a cancer survivor, refusing to ignore early warning signs saved his life. The overarching message is that tolerating obstacles—whether technical, operational, or medical—prevents progress and can have serious consequences; taking decisive action to remove them restores motion, improves well‑being, and can be life‑saving.

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Don't tolerate bottlenecks. You know, in the course of the last few weeks, I had a problem with my internet connection. It's been all lippy. And I thought, oh, I sort of have to deal with this. Maybe it's sort of part of being Vermont or what have you. But then finally decided to go call the cable company. They checked out the modem, they sent out a person, they replaced the modem because apparently it was a little bit faulty and now it is much better. So if something is wrong, do something about it. I say that as someone who has recently had a technical issue. I say that as someone who has definitely seen people be frustrated being stuck in place. Because when you remove that, those blockers, all of a sudden you get all this motion and you can feel much better about it as well as being actually productive in terms of the economics of it as well. And then finally, I'll just say as a cancer survivor, not allowing a bottleneck to just hold you still will literally save your life. A time that I thought I was sick and I just had to deal with it turned out to be something much more serious. I got diagnosed and I'm alive today.