Hello!

You know what’s wild? The number of CEOs who’d rather sink with their ship than admit the navigation is off.

I watch it happen weekly. Smart people. Successful businesses. Obvious problems. Simple solutions.

And complete, absolute, stubborn refusal to change.

watts not working: This toxic combination of ego and fear disguised as “consistency” or “staying true to our values.”

• “We’ve always promoted from within” (while your talent pool stagnates)
• “Our culture is family-like” (translation: zero accountability)
• “We don’t need formal processes” (as everything burns around you)
• “That’s not how we do things” (the seven words that kill companies)

Your stubbornness isn’t strength. It’s fear in a power suit.

watts really happening: You’re not protecting what works. You’re protecting your ego from admitting what doesn’t.

That system that worked at 10 people is suffocating you at 50. That informal approach that felt entrepreneurial is now just chaos. That “family culture” is why your top performers are leaving for places that actually perform.

But changing would mean admitting you were wrong. And that’s apparently worse than failure.

watts working: The CEOs who are thriving right now? They change their minds like they change their clothes – whenever the situation calls for it.

They’re not attached to being right. They’re attached to what works. Big difference.

They’ll scrap a 10-year policy in a heartbeat if it’s blocking progress. They’ll admit last quarter’s strategy was wrong. They’ll implement the exact thing they swore they’d never do – if the data says do it.

Their ego isn’t tied to their decisions. It’s tied to their results.

watts the real game changer: Your stubbornness isn’t protecting your business. It’s announcing to everyone that you’ve stopped learning.

Your team sees it. They’ve stopped bringing you ideas because they know you’ll shoot them down. They’ve stopped pushing for change because they know you’ll defend the status quo.

So now you’re not just stubborn. You’re uninformed. Because nobody tells the emperor about the clothes anymore.

Have a week of changing your damn mind!

Sel

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