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You Don't Need More Time. You Need More Attention.

Mridu Parikh built a business while avoiding the one activity that would decide whether it survived. Her husband named it in four words on a Sunday morning. Here is what she changed, why the Power Hour works, and what a leader's attention teaches a whole team.

Govindh Jayaraman – Paper Napkin Wisdom – The Wall You're Hitting Might Be the One You've Built Yourself

When the Wall You're Hitting Is One You Built Yourself

At a scaling conference, entrepreneurs at $2M, $4M and $10M described the same wall in different words. Some of those walls are real. Some get built one approval at a time. Episode 406 of Paper Napkin Wisdom looks at the belief loop underneath a plateau, and one decision to hand over this week.

Jim Brown – Paper Napkin Wisdom – Jim Brown on Organizational Health: Why “Healthy Enough” Is Dangerous

Why "Healthy Enough" Is the Most Dangerous Thing a Growing Company Can Be

Jim Brown had a heart attack two days after a bike ride through Central Park. He had figured he was healthy enough. Twenty years of advising CEOs and boards later, he names four risks that build inside successful companies long before anything shows up on a financial statement.

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This is where leaders grow, teams align, and ideas take flight.

I help people win, and I share the tools and expertise that move them forward.

Through Paper Napkin Wisdom, I turn conversations with founders and leaders into tools that help you and your team act with clarity, confidence and purpose.

The heart of it is the Paper Napkin Wisdom podcast: more than 400 conversations since 2013, each one ending with an idea small enough to fit on a napkin. Start with the problem you have this week.

From podcast episodes and weekly insights to worksheets, coaching and strategy sessions, everything I share is designed to move you forward, fast.

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