One of the benefits of thinking like a CEO, is that you get some clarity. Q4 is all there is, what am I doing NOW that I'll be grateful for in December (remember our conversations about 'future you'?)
Clear goals, measurable progress and benchmarks, and singularity of focus. If you want a company to succeed you need to know what you're trying to achieve and you need to be able to assess whether the steps you're taking are moving you toward your goals.
Too often we wait for things to happen, and then we react. A good CEO makes plans, builds systems to advance goals, and - most of all - takes action. Your homework - tell me how the CEO version of you is preparing to crush the last three months of the year.
We're going to head into Q4 with a renewed commitment to ourselves. So this week, I invite you to take a page out of the corporate playbook and declare yourself "The CEO of You, Inc."