Table of Contents
Introduction ix
Chapter 1 The Value of Knowing What NOT to Do 1
Chapter 2 The Only Currencies That Matter as a Leader 19
Time 19
Trust 25
Respect 33
The Most Valuable Currency 42
Chapter 3 You Deserve What You Tolerate 45
Chapter 4 Flat Organization, Flat Fail 61
Chapter 5 Don’t Be a Dumpster Chicken 69
Chapter 6 Go Slow to Be Fast 77
Chapter 7 Beware the Brilliant Jerk. 85
Chapter 8 Money, the Root of All Evil (But It May Yield the Fruit of Success) 93
Chapter 9 Don’t Be a Mushroom Farmer 105
Chapter 10 Choose Your Horse Wisely. 117
Chapter 11 Don’t Lose Perspective, and Never Let Your Ego (Or Title) Write Checks Your Ass Can’t Cash 129
Chapter 12 Get Past the Fatal Funnel 141
Chapter 13 Don’t Chase Unicorns 151
Chapter 14 Microscope, Telescope, or Mirror? 165
Chapter 15 Proof Is in the Pudding 175
References 185
Acknowledgments 191
About the Author 193
Index 195