Author: John Rue

...is a deliberate intentional choice you either MAKE or IGNORE -- again and again and again. The clarity our band has had recently is the connection between the Builder's Journey and what Toto has identified as "Moments of Truth." What is a Moment of Truth?   It's a moment of clarity or realization which either validates … Continue reading Revisiting the Builder’s Journey…

...is the DREAM STATE for whatever your OPUS is, i.e. your labor of love.  There are two continuums on this journey, and they are dynamic, not static. The first is your level of competence.  There are levels of being competent and not competent.   When you're around a mentor who has put in 20,000 hours … Continue reading The Builder’s Journey to “Conscious Competence”…

... fuels the physics and the chemistry of the most inspired and most sustainable high-performance leaders, individuals, teams and cultures. If you are thinking "LOW pressure" is just something in moderation between NO pressure and HIGH pressure - it's not.   BUILT TO LEAD leaders believe the kind of LOW pressure you want is on a different continuum … Continue reading LOW pressure…

...takes ten thousand hours to master. Join a new company, a new church, a new family, a new anything and you have to learn a new language. We humans can quickly sniff out who is fluent in a language and who isn't.   How?   You can tell someone's fluent when they don't have to THINK about it. … Continue reading The language of high performers…

...tells you a lot about what's going on in your system. This idea got stimulated by a compliment we received from a "brand marketing" consultant.  After dozens of interviews with one of our clients, they were amazed at the level of ONEness they discerned across the firm -- distinct AND deeply connected. "Oh, you have a culture doctor!"  they exclaimed. At BUILT … Continue reading A throat culture…

...is what LOVE does. This was the melody line of today's voluntary 7am practice #224 for a group of 40 or so believers from multiple systems who gather to study/learn/apply from the Master's playbook. Today was another reminder we all have tendencies which inhibit us from experiencing true ONEness.   Some of us tend to hit but not hug.   … Continue reading Hit AND Hug..

Friday, I got a call at lunchtime around the "Sunday Discipline" Toto is practicing with himself, the Apprentice, and all his clients with renewed zeal and clarity.   Why?   Yes, it's a process aligned with "Measure What Matters Most"  but the real why is part of a greater HIGHway.  Don't miss this why, or … Continue reading Sunday Discipline is an ABC process

I didn't see this one coming. A close friend and client, Sam, whose team is on Practice 58, did the eulogy for his sister.   She was no ordinary sister and this was no ordinary eulogy. Margaret Elizabeth Koon was born in 1951 in rural Kentucky.   Unlike the other babies born the same week, … Continue reading A BUILT TO LEAD Memorial Service