Book Club: 4DX Part 1

Shawn Today

Today we’re kicking off a “Book Club” series, going through the book, The 4 Disciplines of Execution

I’m reading this book right now and am loving it. Over the next several shows I’ll be sharing highlights and key takeaways from the book, and also working through the book’s chapters and how to apply the ideas and themes of the book.

Note that just listening to the podcast isn’t exactly a substitute for reading the book. I’m going to share the main takeaways that are impacting me from this book, but I’m not exhaustively sumarizing it. So, my point being, if the books sounds awesome to you, I highly recommend you buy it and read it.

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The 4 Disciplines of Execution are:

1. Focus on the Wildly Important
2. Act on the Lead Measures
3. Keep a Compelling Scoreboard
4. Create a Cadence of Accountability

Hilghlights from chapter 1:

“The inability of leaders to focus is a problem of epidemic proportions.” (pg. 24)

“Human beings are genetically hardwired to do one thing at a time with excellence.” (pg. 25)

“There will always be more good ideas than there is capacity to execute.” (pg. 29)

“If every other area of our operation remained at its current level of performance, what is the one area where change would have the greatest impact?” (pg. 32)

“All [Wildly Important Goals] must have a finish line in the form of from X to Y by when. Every WIG at every level must contain a clearly measurable result, as well as the date by which ithat result must be achieved.” (pg. 37)

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