You do not rise to the level of your goals, you fall to the level of your systems
Posted By Sean Westcott,
08/07/2026 11:58 AM
Last week I left Melbourne's freezing water for a paddling camp in Queensland. Warm, sunny, and a week of elite coaches picking apart my technique and wave craft.On the flight home I was scribbling...
How to not fail at retirement ?
Posted By Sean Westcott,
08/06/2026 11:08 AM
Last year I decided retire from corporate life and return to Australia. I was talking to a good friend who had made the same move a few years before me and he asked me if I had a plan to avoid being...
I was listening to a podcast with Gordon Ramsay and he was reflecting on what shaped his thinking as a chef and a leader. He was so passionate about making mistakes, having them called out, and how...
"Always a more beautiful answer, who asks a more beautiful question."
Posted By Sean Westcott,
04/06/2026 17:31 PM
The poet E. E. Cummings wrote this as the introduction to his 1938 Collected Poems. It's a deceptively simple idea โ and one of the most powerful principles I know for leading in today's complex and...
ONLY do what ONLY you can do … Part II
Posted By Sean Westcott,
04/06/2026 17:26 PM
I recently posted about a valuable insight that every leader should be reflecting on regularly, particularly when they are feeling overwhelmed: โONLY do what ONLY you can doโ. The benefit of this is...
I was once given this lighthearted insight โ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ง๐ช๐น ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ช๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅโ. After laughing at...
There's a moment in every emerging leader's development that nobody warns you about. You've gone from expert to project leader to team leader. You've delivered. You've grown. You feel...
Simplifying and Creating Focus
Posted By Sean Westcott,
23/06/2025 08:00 AM
โOur priorities need prioritisationโ - how many times have you felt this? Ambitious, high performing organisations always see new opportunities to say โyesโ to - and find it hard to say โnoโ or to...
Creating an environment of empowerment
Posted By Sean Westcott,
23/06/2025 08:00 AM
E.E. Cummings once wrote that thereโs always a more beautiful answer for those who ask a more beautiful question. Our minds canโt resist a good question โ and when a leader asks one that genuinely...