Download the Strong Hand Tool worksheet mentioned in this episode:

⁠https://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast-episode-038/⁠

In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin’ Podcast: 

Lodestone True North’s Head Coach Mark Whitmore and his right hand man Shane Kardos discuss the Strong Hand Tool, a good thinking hack to realize the places where you might get stuck while trying to get things done.

0:00 Intro

0:45 Documentary on Terry Kath, one of the founding members of the band Chicago: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5037288/ 

3:07 Lodestone is here to help! https://www.lodestonetruenorth.com 

3:58 Strong Hand Tool

• There are some wall that we run into…

4:54 The first hurdle is Epiphany…

• Ideas, solutions, clarity…

5:08 “On the pathway to execution, the first problem is that folks just don’t see things.”

8:54 The second hurdle is Context…

• Put that epiphany into your context of where you are going with your business. Why does it matter? How does it fit our strategy? 

10:12 Book reference - Principles for Navigating Big Debt Crises by Ray Dalio 

• Big take-away - You need to ask yourself what principle are you operating under?

12:28 The third hurdle is Framework or Format

• What’s our operating system? Where do we drop this information into a system in which we get things done?

17:01 “The framework disappears in the hands of the craftsman.”

17:41 The fourth hurdle is Execute…

18:59 Book reference - 20 mile march from Jim Collins book Great By Choice - https://www.jimcollins.com/concepts/twenty-mile-march.html

19:58 Work ethic can sometimes be toxic, especially when going in the wrong direction…

21:11 The fifth hurdle is Review…

21:41 AAR Tool - see our podcast episode 032 for details: https://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast-episode-032-aar-exercise/ 

23:15 Download the Strong Hand Tool worksheet here: https://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast-episode-038/

24:59 Some signs that you are a visionary…

28:12 What we do here at Lodestone…

35:26 Sprechstimme singing - https://www.britannica.com/art/Sprechstimme  

**Credits**

Music - Feelin’ Stronger Every Day - Chicago

Music - Remedy - The Black Crowes