"Don't be afraid of new ideas. Be afraid of old ideas. They keep you where you are an stop you from growing and moving forward. Concentrate on where you want to go, not on what you fear," - Anthony Robbins
As I considered Scott Duffy's new book, Breakthrough: How to Harness the Aha! Moments That Spark Success, for some reason on got locked in on a quote about ideas with out action, that I had heard or read at one time, but remained just out of my mental grasp. A quick Google search and I came across the Anthony Robbins quote above and thought that it was a good fit, when you consider that Duffy was once in the employ of the Robbins organization.
The quote is also fitting in that Duffy is offering a substantial primer on not only how to seize on great ideas, but how to shift into execution/action mode. As you progress through the process, he also demonstrates the action steps to grow and scale you business.
Duffy hits all the marks, delivering easily digestible chunks on leadership, making smart, informed choices for the next steps in you business development cycle, including; transitions, culture and building sustainability. He takes this beyond the theoretical by illustrating many of the. Steps with interviews and example from successful entrepreneurs including Robbins, Gary Vaynerchuk, and Daymond John among others.
While I tend to chafe at the shelf full of books that seemingly endorse failure as a business option everybody should take a swing at, I fully endorse not fearing failure from limiting your business decisions and learning from failure; I appreciated Duffy's clear illustrations about some of the potential issues that come with scaling and how you can avoid them with poor planning.
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