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John R. Miles

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Passion Struck with John R. Miles
Nir Bashan on How to Master the Solutions Mindset | EP 706

And what I love about this is that you use a bourbon brand as one of the stories to illustrate this.

Passion Struck with John R. Miles
Nir Bashan on How to Master the Solutions Mindset | EP 706

And for those who are watching, the bourbon brand is Kentucky Owl.

Passion Struck with John R. Miles
Nir Bashan on How to Master the Solutions Mindset | EP 706

And this is a brand that has a long history, but that history was one that needed a rewrite.

Passion Struck with John R. Miles
Nir Bashan on How to Master the Solutions Mindset | EP 706

So what did that rewrite have to do with embracing that consistency and establishing a routine?

Passion Struck with John R. Miles
Nir Bashan on How to Master the Solutions Mindset | EP 706

How did those two intersect?

Passion Struck with John R. Miles
Nir Bashan on How to Master the Solutions Mindset | EP 706

Reminds me of Dori Clark's work on the long game in many ways is oftentimes we think of

Passion Struck with John R. Miles
Nir Bashan on How to Master the Solutions Mindset | EP 706

things in months, in years, we don't really think about legacy.

Passion Struck with John R. Miles
Nir Bashan on How to Master the Solutions Mindset | EP 706

Right.

Passion Struck with John R. Miles
Nir Bashan on How to Master the Solutions Mindset | EP 706

So when you think about this topic and you take this to a human level, how could someone apply this concept into their personal life?

Passion Struck with John R. Miles
Nir Bashan on How to Master the Solutions Mindset | EP 706

You have, yeah, because you have two great brands here.

Passion Struck with John R. Miles
Nir Bashan on How to Master the Solutions Mindset | EP 706

You've got a bourbon brand, you've got international paper, but I also think that this one really applies to us personally.

Passion Struck with John R. Miles
Nir Bashan on How to Master the Solutions Mindset | EP 706

Thank you Nirav for sharing that.

Passion Struck with John R. Miles
Nir Bashan on How to Master the Solutions Mindset | EP 706

When I was at Lowe's, one of my peers, Steve Shirley, used to, who was in charge of strategy, used to always say to our CIO, Steve, we need to focus on failing fast and failing often.

Passion Struck with John R. Miles
Nir Bashan on How to Master the Solutions Mindset | EP 706

And our CIO used to always go to Steve and say, I cannot believe

Passion Struck with John R. Miles
Nir Bashan on How to Master the Solutions Mindset | EP 706

You're saying that what we should be doing is winning fast and winning often.

Passion Struck with John R. Miles
Nir Bashan on How to Master the Solutions Mindset | EP 706

And he's, well, you win fast and you win often by failing fast and failing often.

Passion Struck with John R. Miles
Nir Bashan on How to Master the Solutions Mindset | EP 706

So one of the superpowers that you highlight in the book is the need to fail successfully, which is exactly what Steve Shirley was talking about.

Passion Struck with John R. Miles
Nir Bashan on How to Master the Solutions Mindset | EP 706

And I had a guest on the show last year.

Passion Struck with John R. Miles
Nir Bashan on How to Master the Solutions Mindset | EP 706

Her name is Robin Steinberg and Robin.

Passion Struck with John R. Miles
Nir Bashan on How to Master the Solutions Mindset | EP 706

is really focused in the United States.