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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...

๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜†, ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป'๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜†

Posted By Sean Westcott,
08/06/2026 11:06 AM
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...

๐—œ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ% ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ% ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ.

Posted By Sean Westcott,
08/06/2026 11:04 AM
I remember asking our Chief Technology Officer one day:"๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด โ€” ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ...

"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: โ€˜ONLY do what ONLY you can doโ€™. The benefit of this is...

๐—ข๐—ก๐—Ÿ๐—ฌ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ข๐—ก๐—Ÿ๐—ฌ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ผ

Posted By Sean Westcott,
04/06/2026 17:00 PM
I was once given this lighthearted insight โ€˜๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜น ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅโ€™. After laughing at...

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฝ, ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ?

Posted By Sean Westcott,
04/06/2026 17:00 PM
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
โ€˜Our priorities need prioritisationโ€™ - how many times have you felt this? Ambitious, high performing organisations always see new opportunities to say โ€˜yesโ€™ to - and find it hard to say โ€˜noโ€™ or to...

Creating an environment of empowerment

Posted By Sean Westcott,
23/06/2025 08:00 AM
E.E. Cummings once wrote that thereโ€™s always a more beautiful answer for those who ask a more beautiful question. Our minds canโ€™t resist a good question โ€” and when a leader asks one that genuinely...