How does focused urgency help business leaders prevent wasting their peak career years?
Replied byAdrian Gore
Founder & Group CEO at Discovery Group
Niche: Health & Wellness
Revenue: Approx. 400 Million/month
Location: Sandton, Gauteng, South Africa
Started: 1992
Creating urgency is about understanding that time is finite. Most people waste their potential because they assume they have forever to build a business or write a book. I use time-based deadlines, like public product launches, to force my teams to make critical decisions and execute quickly.
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