An Epic Journey

Jenni and I have been watching the show, Kitchen Nightmares with the acclaimed Gordon Ramsey.  I love the show!  I love the drama and the intensity.  I love seeing something that is failing get turned around.  But perhaps the thing I love most are the leadership lessons.  Here are a few insights I have gained from the two episodes I have watched:

1. Success is measured by results and it is easy to fool yourself and measure it by some other standard.
2. Complexity leads to confusion, simplicity leads to clarity.  What is confusing will never be successful.
3. Don’t waste your time being mediocre at everything when you could be the best in the world at one thing.
4. You can have a good product but poor management and have the same result as having poor product.
5. Leadership requires hard decisions that sometimes are personally heavy and uncomfortable.  But not making the decision because it is hard is more devastating in the long run.

What are you learning lately?