Game Changers & Catalysts

Being in business in an era of entrepreneurship and technological innovation is so inspiring because of the opportunities to work with game-changers:  those invidividuals who fight against the status quo and push forward with big ideas and a bulldog persistence to take their ideas into reality.

It’s been a privilege for me to work with many of my clients who are game -changers and catalysts. Their dreams are founded on the purpose of serving the greater good as well as ideas that inspire others to act boldly.    Though each of their journeys have been completely different, I have noticed there are certain  traits that are common to those men and women who have made  profound shifts with their ideas.

Game-Changers & Catalysts:

  • Are relentless about pursuing new ideas, potential and solutions.You won’t find them quitting after one idea: for a game-changer, it is a lifestyle.
  • Have resilience.   Being able to bounce back after back-to-back challenges is daunting;  but it seems their grit comes from the personal meaning and purpose of their endeavor. They know how to manage through their negative emotions of doubt, disappointment and fear. I’ve noticed it’s not passion, but sheer perseverance that pulls them through the toughest of circumstances.
  • Know how to keep their ego in check – every gamechanger I know understands that ego is their biggest enemy.  Their humility permits them to act, reflect, learn, act.  Failure and success both serve as teachers in the game-changer’s school of success as they pursue continuous growth and improvement. In order to do this, they religiously carve out white space to reflect, assess and plan.
  • Are relational –  game-changers always leverage their network as well as create new ones.  After all, business is about people and relationships – nothing more, nothing less. Customers, competitors, employees, investors, partners: no matter how great the vision,  game-changers understand  that, without strong relationships,  the vision will never be realized.
  • Possess a laser-like focus coupled with an immense sense of curiosity of what, why and how.
  • Are do-ers –  a game-changer by definition acts, decides, creates, makes it happen.  Change and transformation follow them everywhere they go.
  • Have a large amount of character and courage.  Courage, for when things go wrong and character for when things go right.
  • Are big, big thinkers — big ideas, bold actions, broad strokes.
  • Act as a spark for others:  true game-changers not only create dynamic change in one area/sector; the most exciting fact about a true catalyst is that they support, make way and inspire other game changers.

 

Speaking of a game changer:  some wisdom from one of the most influential musicians of our time:

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