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Think big: Stuart Lynn President of Lynn Engineering, a windstorm, structural, and civil engineering firm specializing in residential, commercial, and infrastructure development projects on the Texas Gulf Coast.
By LIISA ANDREASSEN Correspondent
I n 2007, Lynn attended a seminar on personal development. It’s that seminar that would change the course of his career. He was tired of living paycheck to paycheck and sick and tired of being sick and tired. So, with five weeks of salary and a dream to make a difference, he started Lynn Engineering (Bay City, TX) in 2008. It was during the recession and he figured, “Well, we have nowhere to go but up from here.” “Income follows your personal growth,” Lynn says. “You have to keep learning to be a better person and by default, you’ll become a better boss, employee, and overall person.” A CONVERSATION WITH STUART LYNN. The Zweig Letter: Your company visions states, “We think big to work big to give big.” Can you provide a recent example of how this vision comes to life?
and 15 employees came up with that concept. It was inspired by the book Scaling Up by Verne Harnish, which talks about setting a “Big, Hairy, Audacious Goal” (BHAG). Out of that retreat, our BHAG – Vision 2030 – was born. By 2030, it’s our vision to give back $7 million. Some of the issues that mean the most to us are: sex trafficking, affordable housing, hunger, and clean water. As a result, we hope to work with companies to rescue 500 people from human trafficking, construct 500 new homes for disadvantaged families across the globe, feed 1,000 orphans, and dig 30,000 new water wells in developing nations. 2030 is more than just a number to us. TZL: Trust is essential. How do you earn the trust of your clients? SL: There’s a book, The Five Dysfunctions of Team , that details how to have vulnerable trust. You have to be authentic.
Stuart Lynn: During a company retreat in 2009, myself
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