LIAM CHRISMER

You sat down this morning to think about something important. You had the window. You opened your laptop, closed the door, and started. Then Slack pinged. Then your phone buzzed. Then someone knocked. Then you answered one email that turned into four. And when you finally looked up, forty minutes had passed and you had not spent a single second on the thing you sat down to do. That is not a bad day. That is every day. After a single interruption, it takes 23 minutes and 15 se

You’ve studied Jobs, Gates, and Musk. Their stories are compelling. Their decisions are instructive. And yes, they changed the world. But their stories won’t make you a sharper CEO. And at some level, you already know that. Biographies are inspiring. But we all have to write our own opus. “Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken.” -Oscar Wilde I have deep admiration and respect for CEOs, particularly the unsung heroes who put everything on the line and battle it out, day

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