When to Quit
Persistence is noble until it’s stupid.
Don’t quit because something is difficult. Everything meaningful is difficult.
Quit because it’s no longer worthwhile.
Sometimes you win when you quit.
5 Signs It’s Time to Quit
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Secrets of Magnetic Leadership
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Adaptive Confidence
Weak leaders demand certainty. Timid leaders cuddle with ambiguity.
Adaptive confidence is the ability to move forward with conviction while remaining willing to change your mind.
Learn 4 components of adaptive confidene.
Judgments Based on Fabrications
You haven’t figured yourself out. What makes you think you understand others?
Don’t make judgments based on fabrications.
Listen for “that’s because” when you evaluate people.
Judgments emerge from made up stories about why people do what they do.
Don’t Be a Hater-Leader
You aren’t literally a hater-leader. (I hope.) But you may do things that feel like hate.
Leaders who focus on fixing people feel like haters to their victims.
Rejection feels like hate.
Development helps people grow. Fixing treats them like defects.
How to Develop Mature Team Members
You can’t force maturity. You can make maturity more likely.
Mature people require less supervision.
Mature people respond skillfully to reality.
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