A little secret about achieving really difficult things is that oftentimes it's not a technology challenge but an execution challenge. - Daniel S Goldin

Strategy always begins with honesty. If you can't be honest, your strategy won't work.

Questions to become honest:

- What are we bad at?
- What takes too long?
- What breaks under pressure?

What did I miss?

As the leader, you have to make them work together.

Alignment, execution, and real collaboration don’t happen by accident.

You need to create friction early. You need to force interaction. You need to make sure every person understands how their work affects the entire system.

Your work self and your life self don't have to operate with different principles. It may be that the truest version of you is one where they reinforce each other.