Bob Buford Just Activated My Energy!

I read several blogs and e-news letters ... they help me stay "fresh" and keep me learning as a leader! (What are you reading?)

Today I got the lastest e-newsletter from Bob Buford, founder of the Leadership Network and author of the book "Half Time: Moving From Success to Significance." This guy is making a difference. He made a bunch of money in the media business and now he's leveraging his resources into making an eternal difference. You can catch up with his energizing efforts here.

Here's what he wrote in his "muse-letter" today and it activated my latent energy ...


Here are My Top Ten Values as Peter (Drucker) taught them to me over our twenty-year relationship:

1. Build on the islands of health and strength.
2. Work only with the receptive and only on what’s trying to happen.
3. Go big or go home. Focus, don’t do dribs and drabs.
4. Giving is not a result – changed lives are.
5. The fruit of my work grows up on other people’s trees.
6. The entrepreneurial-style leader is where the leverage begins.
7. Bet on a great leader with a big idea.
8. The essential ingredient for success is a steady stream of innovation.
9. “It’s your job to release and direct energy, not to supply it.”
10. Structure follows strategy, and strategy begins with clear desired outcomes. To What End?


Oh my!! This is some profound insight - these values are worth reflecting on! I'm going to "go to school" on this guy who went to school on Peter Drucker! (What about you?)

I sense a fresh wind blowing here!