Despite the Limits
My name is Scot Storey, and I created this podcast, “Despite the Limits” to provide short conversations aimed at helping leaders grow professionally and personally. As a lifelong student of human connection, leadership, and communication, I am passionate about shaping the growth and capabilities of leaders. My personal journey in leadership development has been shaped by a career of service in the US Army’s Special Operations Forces leading numerous teams from just a few operators to organizations several thousand people strong, with the Army’s Rangers, Green Berets and Civil Affairs units in some the world’s most remote and arduous conditions. I believe in the power of a good story to shape personal connections and help people reach their full potential. That is what this podcast is all about.
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Despite the Limits
Three Steps to Making a Difficult Decision
This is episode 14 and is a continuation of the decision making theme from episode 13 where we talked about choices, decisions, and consequences. In this episode I discuss a way to approach difficult decisions. Not necessarily the way, but a way.
Here are three practical steps we can take when facing difficult decisions?
(1)Learn the limitations and challenge the constraints
(2)Consider what failure might look like before you start
(3)Stick to the basics
This is the link to Episode 13 – “Choices, Decisions, and Consequences” if you have not yet listened to it or would like to review.
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2303705/15400914
I refer to Episode 11 – “Failure is not your enemy” in step 2. Here is the link if you want to go back and check it out.
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2303705/15235295
Here is a link to information concerning the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. Good information about why it had a space component to it. History.com – Article titled, “The Space Race” edited February 22, 2020.
https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/space-race
Link to information about John F. Kennedy’s push to place a man on the moon as part of the Cold War effort. Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum article titled, “We Choose to Go to the Moon: JFK’s Moon Shot” dated December 11, 2017
https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/we-choose-go-moon-jfks-moon-shot
Link to a Wikipedia article about the German economist Horst Siebert. He created the concept of the Cobra Effect and how incentives can work against the desired outcome.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_Siebert
The Foundation for Economic Education produced a fun video about the Cobra Effect. Here is the link to their YouTube video, “What Cobras Can Teach us About Incentives” uploaded April 23, 2019.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mGSN2YqeYE
The following links are information about Eugen Kranz and his role as a Flight Director with NASA. These are found on the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum website with links to YouTube.
https://airandspace.si.edu/explore/stories/eugene-kranz
Gene Kranz – “Failure is not an option,” uploaded June 4, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-O6TBwoL9k&t=44s
Gene Kranz – “Role of the Flight Director”, uploaded January 18, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7SefGD86Uw&t=0s
Below are some YouTube links with scenes from the movie Apollo 13 that illustrate some of the things I talk about in this podcast.
Appollo 13 – “Failure is not an option”, uploaded by Binge Society on February 9, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA8SXpyg4O4
Appollo 13 – “Make this fit in the hole for this using nothing but that”, uploaded by Abontu on December 4, 2013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cYzkyXp0jg
Apollo 13 – “Finest Hour”, uploaded by Leah Sherman on November 30, 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sngs6wj8tEY
Let’s continue the conversation!
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