Teaching High Standards - from Jeff Bezos' 20th annual shareholder letter
Noteworthy points:
- Are high standards teachable? [yes]
- Universal? [no, domain specific; high standards in one or several areas can still been low or no standards in others, and potentially significant blind-spots; humility remains key]
- Fundamental coaching point is setting clear scope expectations, e.g. how long it will (really) take to achieve a high standard objective. Examples: hand-stand coach, writing a world class 6-page memo
- and more...
See link:
https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018724/000119312518121161/d456916dex991.htm