You Work too Hard When You Close Minds
A leader with a closed mind has a disengaged team.
Disengagement begins in the mind.
Leaders who close minds defeat themselves.
A leader with a closed mind is working too hard.
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Disposition is the Lens You Don’t See
Disposition determines decisions. You want to believe you’re open-minded, but your disposition narrows your focus.
Disposition shapes perception and predicts responses.
Read this post to expand your opportunities to grow and lead.
Performance Goals are Useful, but Learning Goals Transform
Performance goals are useful, but learning goals transform. Learning goals emphasize development. Performance goals target achievement.
A leader told me he was learning a lot. I asked, “What are you learning?” He couldn’t name anything.
You aren’t learning if you don’t know what you’re learning.
How to set learning goals…
How to Eliminate Self-Defeating Negativity
Sadness is easy. Happiness is about patterns. You don’t choose self-defeating negativity; it finds you.
This post explains how to use future-facing emotions to eliminate self-defeating negativity.
Do This to Multiply Positive Impact
Measure the impact of your leadership by the energy you ignite in others.
Skillful leaders multiply energy. Incompetent leaders exhaust people.
How is people’s energy after spending time with you?
Refuel or Die
Fatigue isn’t overwork; it’s failure to refuel.
You go dry when you pour out more than you pour in. You can’t flourish on empty.
Life management is energy management.
Depletion is inevitable apart from intervention.
Energy flows out naturally; it’s restored intentionally. Create a refueling schedule.
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