Category Archive: Mistakes

5 Dumb Mistakes Leaders Make

Responsible mistake-making promotes growth. But dumb mistakes waste your energy.

Don’t learn everything from personal experience. It’s too expensive.

A good opportunity can be a destructive distraction.

Urgencies seduce you toward insignificance.

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Escape the Traps in Your Head

Bait makes traps attractive.

Smart people fall into predictable traps.

Obvious traps are easily avoided. The deadly ones masquerade as wisdom.

Learn 3 attractive traps that leaders stumble into…

The snares that snag you live in your head.

6 Dumb Leadership Mistakes Part Deux

Yesterday I posted 6 leadership mistakes people persecute themselves with. I didn’t want to make the mistake of offering an incomplete list.

Tolstoy hinted at the massive opportunity for blunders when he wrote, “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”

6 Leadership Mistakes Part Deux

6 Dumb Leadership Mistakes

Smart people do dumb things. Some leadership mistakes are intentional.

You know that not getting rest harms you. So does too much sugar, not enough exercise, or too much alcohol.

You don’t change because you “know better.”

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How to Avoid the 3 Biggest Mistakes Leaders Don’t Need to Make

Mistakes are inevitable, but some are avoidable.

The worst mistake is the one you didn’t need to make.

I list 3 big mistakes leaders don’t need to make.

I wonder what you can add.

7 Dumb Mistakes New Leaders Make That You Must Avoid

Remember when you were just a twig on the leadership tree. You ached to bear fruit. You admired how the big branches did big things while you secretly shivered. Ambition and fear cause… Continue reading →