Story Time with Steve: Lessons from a Paper Route
Steve marks episode 100 with a Story Time solo episode about his paper route as a kid in Germany, and what it taught him about accountability and doing what needs doing.
Steve Simonson
On-air link:awesomers.com/100
Show notes
For episode 100, Steve tells a Story Time with Steve tale from his childhood delivering the Stars and Stripes newspaper on a military base in Germany, waking at 4am to cover roughly 400 stops before school.
He connects the paper route lessons to running a company today, including the idea of disagree and commit and why letting people quietly sabotage decisions they didn't agree with is corrosive to an organization. A short, personal episode for anyone who likes origin stories with a practical business lesson attached.