Critical Doer

A Critical Doer capitalizes on opportunities to be better  “The future we have is the one we’re willing to make for ourselves” Critical Doer Creed   em·pow·er  (ĕm-pou′ər) em·pow·ered, em·pow·er·ing, em·pow·ers Toinvest with power, especially legal power or official authority. Toequip or supply with an ability; enable:  There’s an age old philosophical debate about which came first…the chicken or the egg.  This same argument can be applied to the coveted condition […]

 A Critical Doer is committed to thinking and acting    Start at success to get to the beginning…is this good Critical Doer advice or a line from Dr. Seuss?  As much as Dr. Seuss, one of the greatest philosophers in the history of philosophizing, would like to take credit it’s my line and it’s actually […]

A Critical Doer has a servant spirit  By what a man gets, he makes a living.  By what a man gives, he makes a life. Sir Winston Churchill    A friend of mine recently gave me a book that turned out to be one of the most uplifting things I’ve read in a while.  The […]

 A Critical Doer attacks problems and creates opportunities from the inside out    In a recent Harvard Business Review article, Gary Hamel of the London School of Business and Nancy Tennant, Vice-President for Innovation at Whirlpool, coauthored an interesting piece that is something akin to an “innovator’s manifesto” called “The 5 Requirements of a Truly […]

  A Critical Doer works as hard to develop strength of character as strength of talent  A Critical Doer is willing to lead    I recently came across a story in Business Insider about GoPro CEO Nick Woodman that is worthy of sharing because of its connection to Critical Doer philosophy. According to the story, […]

  A Critical Doer understands time; long and short view  “The dictionary is the only place success comes before work.” Vince Lombardi    Did you ever wonder what happened the day before someone achieved overnight success?  It sounds intriguing and mysterious…but it’s not. I learned the answer many years ago when country singer Lee Ann […]

In last month’s Critical Doer Deep Dive, we discussed a framework called “the design V” for developing new concepts and turning them into action.  Theory is a good place to start as it builds a solid understanding of an idea.  But along comes the practical world adding the elements of time and competition.  In any […]

A Critical Doer is committed to thinking and acting  In Paradise Lost, Poet Laureate John Milton wrote “the mind is its own place and in itself can make a hell of heaven or a heaven of hell.”  All of us are occasionally guilty of contriving ideas that make a situation worse or better than it […]

A Critical Doer understands time; long and short view  What do this… …and this… …have in common?   They can both do this… …or this… The dictionary and a hammer…the result of their use is completely up to the user.   The imagery of the dictionary and the hammer were chosen to set the stage for […]