How to find GSD Club members

There are a lot of "exclusive" clubs in the world. The US Senate is probably the best known. Then, there are airline executive clubs, CEO Clubs, those hot shots who get invited to Davos. And then, there is what my friend calls the GSD Club...Get SH#T Done Club.

Barak Obama said his main advice for workers is to "just learn how to get stuff done."

Here are some tips on how to get sh#t done.

“OKR” stands for Objectives and Key Results. OKRs are an effective goal-setting and leadership tool for communicating what you want to accomplish and what milestones you’ll need to meet to accomplish it. OKRs are used by some of the world’s leading organizations to set and enact their strategies. This article defines an OKR, looks at how they’re used and provides some examples of OKRs.

What does it take to become more productive? Based on their recent research, the authors propose a process to help knowledge workers increase their productivity. This process involves thinking consciously about how you spend your time, deciding which tasks matter most to you and your organization, and dropping or creatively outsourcing the rest. These tasks can then be sorted into quick kills (things you can stop doing now, without any negative effects), off-load opportunities (work that can be delegated with minimal effort), and long-term redesign (work that needs to be re-conceived or restructured). Once these low-priority tasks are disposed of, the newly freed-up time can be spent focusing on more-important work. Stop what you are doing and focus on what is important and urgent.

Unfortunately, we live in the No Show Economy. Chalk it up to general lack of civility, bad manners or just plain laziness, no-showers and procrastinators are all over the place. People RSVP and don't show, or, they don't RSVP and show up to your dinner party. Students sign up for classes and don't attend or submit assignments late, coming up with imaginative excuses that go far beyond the dog ate my homework.

But theses clubs are not for everyone.?They are epensive and, like your pricey health club, you probably won't use them all that often. Senators certainly don't show up much. Entrepreneurship is different. To be successful, you must show up every day and make GSD a habit.

The world of entrepreneurship is divided into gawkers, talkers and walkers. If you are a lumper instead of a splitter, in the case of bioentrepreneurship, the first two are physician wannapreneurs and the others execute i.e. they are members of the GSD Club. There are many ways to detect a physician wannapreneur.

The other problem is implementers want to GSD and they get impatient with those with other problem solving profiles.

Why is it so hard to execute? What should you know about dissemination and implementation? What good is design thinking if you can't get the dog to eat the food.

How do you know a potential member of the GSD Club?

1. They have a track record of showing up, even in unexpected places and unexpected times. Just check the time stamp on their emails or posts.

2. They are usually ADHD or exhibit some subclinical, but constructive entrepreneurial psychopathology.?They have a Warrior Mentality. Some are depressed or, understandably discouraged from time to time. When people are depressed their energy, activity, and mood levels decrease in a spiral. The lower energy you feel, the less you do, the worse you feel emotionally, and the cycle continues. Being productive can help interrupt that negative spiral and turn it around. This author offers five strategies for how to break the cycle and move forward: 1)?As a general rule, try to have one source of accomplishment and one source of pleasure in each of your mornings, afternoons, and evenings. 2) Find the sweet spot between not working enough and expecting too much of yourself. 3)?Alternate between easy, medium, and hard tasks. 4)?Cultivate a deep-work habit to reduce your need for self-control. 5) Consider getting treatment for your mental health

3. They say what they'll do, and they do what they say

4. At the end of a meeting, they will say, "So, what's the next step. Who does it and by when?"

5. They blow off most structure and process. Want to sign an NDA? Forget it. How about I have my lawyer draw up an advisory services contract? Don't even bother to submit your GSD Club application.

6. They let their actions speak louder than their words. They like to perspire.

7. They are laser focused on results and how to create revenue as quickly as possible before the meter expires

8. They don't care who gets the credit

9. They try to make themselves invisible as quickly as possible

10. They have a little voice in their head driving them. They are intrinsically motivated and titles, promotions and money is of secondary importance. They make it personal but don't take it personally when they fail.

11. The don't do time management. They do attention management.

12. They practice entrepreneurial habits like these.

13. They do these things

14. The saying goes if you want to get something done, ask someone who is busy. But many times, people are too busy to get anything done. This article explores both the downsides of busyness (employee turnover, reduced engagement, absenteeism, and impaired health) and the reasons for our obsession with it. It’s partly human nature: The harder we work to achieve something, the more we value it; most of us hate being idle; and we think customers like to see us busy. The authors also present strategies for breaking away from this fixation: Reward output, not activity. Eliminate low-value work to make time for “deep work.” Force people off the clock, and allow time for their minds to wander creatively. Model the right behavior, and build slack into your system

15. They know the differences between operations and project management and have the competencies to GSD.

Perhaps the most important thing they do is leverage their skills, knowledge, abilities, and competencies by building systems that allow them to work on things, not in them. The idea is to make yourself invisible and obsolete as quickly as possible, leaving impact, not outcomes, in your wake.

Incorporating GSD into your own company's culture will help you walk the line between aggressive work and supportive leadership, which, in turn, will help your people work harder?and?smarter. Here are some ways some have been able to achieve that balance.

GSD Club members have also likely read and applied The Four Disciplines of Execution:

DISCIPLINE #1: FOCUS ON THE WILDLY IMPORTANT GOALS (WIG)

DISCIPLINE # 2:?ACT ON LEAD MEASURES

DISCIPLINE # 3. KEEP A COMPELLING SCOREBOARD.

DISCIPLINE #4. CREATE A CADENCE OF ACCOUNTABILITY

Getting from said to do, from strategy to execution, requires members of the GSD club who can bridge the 4 main gaps.

1. Different thinking styles
2. The Ikea effect
3. The narrative
4. Measurement and metrics

They also?excel in the fine art of the follow up.

Execution is one of the foundations of scaling.

If you are reading this, you should be getting your application to the GSD Club in the mail shortly. Join us today to take advantage of our exclusive benefits. One will be a personalized membership diploma stating:

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do- Leonardo da Vinci

You will also get a poster and a T-shirt.

Yes, assholes belong to the GSD club. You and I might be one of them. But it comes with a high cost so figure out a different way. Here's how.

Try doing one thing at a time. I dare you. How many other things are you doing while you are reading this?

Of course, in many locations,?you might be sitting in GSD Club Lounge by yourself so bring your iPad.?

Arlen Meyers, MD. MBA is the President and CEO of the Society of Physician Entrepreneurs on Substack and Editor of Digital Health Entrepreneurship