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Newsletter #33: Thinking About Quitting? Let’s Reconsider!

SCALE UP Newsletter #33

Welcome to Scale Up, the smarter way to grow with fractional executives.

In this edition:
🌱 Want to Keep Growing? Accept These 3 Truths
🤝 How to Claim Your Leadership Power
🚀 Top Startup Conferences To Attend In 2024-2025

Let’s dive right in. 👇🏼

Want to Keep Growing? Accept These 3 Truths About Entrepreneurship

How does one navigate the highs, lows, and challenges of starting multiple businesses?

The author says one needs to embrace three realities. He also talks about the adrenaline-inducing moments of entrepreneurship he learned from the world of hockey.

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Shift Your Leadership from “Power Over” to “Leading Through”

The traditional approach to leadership is best described as the pursuit and maintenance of power over people. However, this isn’t the most effective method.

In their new book, Leading Through: Activating the Soul, Heart, and Mind of Leadership (Harvard Business Review Press), former Harvard Business School dean Kim Clark, along with his children Jonathan and Erin, propose a shift to a new paradigm. It focuses on doing good, caring for people to help them thrive, and mobilizing teams to solve challenges.

Top Startup Conferences To Attend In 2024-2025

Here’s a list of the top best startup conferences to attend this year (and in 2025).

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How to Claim Your Leadership Power | Michael Timms

When faced with challenges, do you tend to blame others?

Leadership expert Michael Timms explains why this tendency is unproductive and outlines three key self-accountability habits that can empower you and those around you to create positive change, whether at home or in the workplace.

Should You Just Give Up?

Sisyphus couldn’t stop pushing his boulder—but you can.

You don’t want to abandon your dreams or relationships too soon, but how do you know when you’re truly lost and need help?

What’s the right balance between determination and wisdom, and when does effort become unwise?

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