You introduced yourself as “consciously incompetent, probably wrong and roughly right.” Why start that way as a CEO?

Garry Ridge
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Chairman Emeritus, Former CEO & Founder of The Learning Moment at WD-40 Company

Niche: Retail, Production
Revenue: $1M+/month
Location: USA
Started: 2015 or earlier

I introduce myself that way to admit I do not know. I used to think I needed all the answers. Servant leadership means serving the people I lead. Calling myself consciously incompetent reminds everyone I am learning and need their help. When you sincerely ask for help, you get it.

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