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Kit Sauder
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I help Leaders & Entrepreneurs Tackle Big Problems to Drive Lasting Impact on a mission to partner with 100 purpose driven companies to generate $1 Billion of economic & social value by 2035. He/Him | Vancouver, BC, Canada 🌇 SauderStrategy.com
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Kit Sauder @kitsauder.bsky.social · Feb 11
🃏Feel like you're up against a stacked deck in a rigged game?

Here's what I have to share:

🗺️ Strategy that wins
📢 Communications that transform
⚙️ Operations that scale

Follow along to:

🏔️ Tackle Big Problems
🏅 Drive Lasting Impact
🔄 Change the Game

#Stoicism #Strategy #Leadership #Impact
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Kit Sauder @kitsauder.bsky.social · 8h
“Before we leave, we should at least check this last sarcophagus before we head back to town to sell our loot…”

1 Round Later…

“Oh, shit… we didn’t check for traps…”

And that was the end of our adventure.

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Kit Sauder @kitsauder.bsky.social · 11h
Tonight, we return to “The Tomb of the Serpent Kings” 🐍

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Kit Sauder @kitsauder.bsky.social · 11h
Game Night. 🎲 🐉 🔮
A photo of ShadowDark, the ShadowDark GM Screen, and assorted dice.
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Kit Sauder @kitsauder.bsky.social · 12h
*Very Serious People* (TM) don’t want you to know…

#Hopium #FatalOptimism #Optimism #Futurism #Leadership #Innovation
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Kit Sauder @kitsauder.bsky.social · 18h
Keep the faith & do the work. 🙏

#KeepGoing #CelebrateTheWins #Founder #Entrepreneur #Sales #Strategy #SauderStrategy🗺️
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Kit Sauder @kitsauder.bsky.social · 19h
I met my wife accidentally on MSN Messenger when we were 13, and we wouldn’t meet in real life until we ended up going to the same college after falling out of touch…

Easily the best thing that’s ever happened to me.
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Kit Sauder @kitsauder.bsky.social · 1d
Cash is King 👑 & business is a brutal calculus…
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Kit Sauder @kitsauder.bsky.social · 2d
So – for you – what are the 3 to 5 Big Things that if you focused on them for the next 75 Days would materially improve your Life?

Take some time to think about it, start with Just One Big Thing.

Then work out a project & a plan to make it happen.

I believe in you. 😉

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Kit Sauder @kitsauder.bsky.social · 2d
• Then break out Projects & Tasks

• And most importantly — ruthlessly execute.

• Strive for 100%, be satisfied with 85%, and watch the results start to stack up

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Kit Sauder @kitsauder.bsky.social · 2d
• The video covers how it applies to real life

• You just need to figure out what the 3-5 Most Important Things Are to Drive Impact

• Then Document Them

• Make a Plan to Execute on *only* 3-5 of them (if you’re a smaller team, have fewer Priorities)

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Kit Sauder @kitsauder.bsky.social · 2d
I wish I knew ‘The 80/20 Rule’ 15 years ago…

But, it’s not too late for you to learn it & apply it now. Thread 🧵 below to learn how.👇

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#Strategy #Communications #Operations #GettingThingsDone #QuarterlyRocks
#SauderStrategy🗺️
#21bConsulting📐
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Kit Sauder @kitsauder.bsky.social · 2d
Monday Morning Meditations:

“Man grows used to everything,
the scroundrel…”

~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian Author & Journalist 📚
1821 - 1881
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Kit Sauder @kitsauder.bsky.social · 7d
100%

Menlo Park capped out around 75 people.

West Orange hit 200 ‘lab assistants’.

By 1900 they had ~10,000 employees doing commercialization on most of the 1,093 patents.

Does Edison lose points because he also understood the value of a unified brand?
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Kit Sauder @kitsauder.bsky.social · 7d
“I find out what the world needs.
Then I go ahead & try to invent it.”

~ Thomas Edison
Inventor (1847-1931)
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Kit Sauder @kitsauder.bsky.social · 7d
I'm Kit Sauder, and I help leaders tackle big problems to drive lasting impact.

The 40% rule worked on road crews, and it works in boardrooms.

What would change if you estimated like a construction professional instead of an optimistic entrepreneur?

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Kit Sauder @kitsauder.bsky.social · 7d
The Construction Principle:

Professionals build buffer time because they respect reality.

Amateurs skip buffer time because they're optimistic.

The difference shows up in completion rates.

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Kit Sauder @kitsauder.bsky.social · 7d
The Difference:

Without Buffer: Estimate 40 hours → Schedule 1 week → Actually takes 55 hours → Feel behind by day 3 → Momentum dies → Project stalls

With Buffer: Estimate 40 hours → Schedule 2-3 weeks → Actually takes 55 hours → Stay on track → Confidence builds → Project completes

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Kit Sauder @kitsauder.bsky.social · 7d
Step 3: Plan for THAT Timeline
56 hours = 2-3 weeks calendar time (accounting for meetings/life)

Step 4: Track and Adjust
Takes 50 hours? You're ahead. Takes 60? Still on schedule.

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Kit Sauder @kitsauder.bsky.social · 7d
How to Apply This:

Step 1: Make Your Honest Estimate
"This website needs 40 hours of actual work."

Step 2: Add 40% for Reality
40 hours × 1.4 = 56 hours scheduled

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Kit Sauder @kitsauder.bsky.social · 7d
Why 40% Works:

On construction sites, surprises aren't IF, they're WHEN:

• ⛈️ Weather changes
• 🏗️ Equipment breaks
• 🪨 Ground conditions differ
• 🧰 Materials arrive late
• 📐 Measurements need adjusting

Pros underpromise and overdeliver.

Amateurs overpromise and scramble.

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Kit Sauder @kitsauder.bsky.social · 7d
Not because you're slow. Because you're professional.

The Job Site Rule:

My foreman said: "Give me your estimate, multiply by 1.4. That's your real timeline."

• Road resurfacing: Estimated 3 days → Scheduled 4.5 days → Finished in 4 days.

We hit our deadlines because we built in reality.

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Kit Sauder @kitsauder.bsky.social · 7d
I learned 'Estimate+40%' on actual job sites 🏗️

Before I built businesses, I built roads.

2 years of construction taught me what every crew chief knows: Add 40% to whatever you think a job will take.

Thread 🧵 1/XX 👇

#Strategy #Execution #Operations #GettingThingsDone
#SauderStrategy 🗺️
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Kit Sauder @kitsauder.bsky.social · 9d
Strategy — as the application
of power to a specific obstacle
to achieve a desired outcome
or opportunity — is,
more than anything else,
about *what you don’t do*.
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Kit Sauder @kitsauder.bsky.social · 11d
Closing thoughts from the #RWC2025 Rugby World Cup final 🇨🇦 🏉 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

As we watched the medals ceremony:

“Daddy, am I going to get to play for the Canada Team?”

“If you want to baby girl…”

“I wanna.”

Sport matters. Representation matters.
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Kit Sauder @kitsauder.bsky.social · 11d
2025 RWC PLAYER OF THE YEAR

CANADA’S SOPHIE De GOEDE 🇨🇦

Well earned De Goede. 👏 👏 👏
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