The life you wish you had can poison the life you have.
I have seen fantasies hobble leaders. The team you wish you had condemns the team you have. Your current paycheck mocks you. Your title insults you.
Envy is self-sabotage.
Find the cure for toxic aspiration.
Dissatisfaction drives decisions.
Agreeable leadership teams make lousy decisions.
If everyone is thinking alike, no one is thinking.
“The first rule in decision-making is that one does not make a decision unless there is disagreement.” Peter Drucker
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Contentment is peaceful, not passive.
“Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.”— Thomas A. Edison
Be content with the present and restless for what’s next.
Restless contentment believes tomorrow can be better. Aspirational contentment honors talent, respects potential, enjoys today, and steps toward the future.
Toxic self-acceptance corrodes life. Don’t be so pleased with yourself that it justifies mediocrity.
We approve of ourselves and disapprove of others. Lopsided approval makes us thrash through life like a flat tire. Addiction to self-love becomes self-deception.
Others aren’t your biggest challenge. Self-leadership is harder than leading others.
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The dream beyond the hill isn’t worth pursuit when nightmares feel normal. An unacceptable present energizes dissatisfaction.
Dissatisfaction is the first step toward your dream.
Begin with a nightmare, see a dream, craft an opportunity statement.
Dissatisfaction grows in the gap between aspiration and reality. Dissatisfaction that lingers in the gap between aspiration and reality defeats aspiration. You begin to think, “Why try?” Dissatisfaction is boredom with sameness. Dissatisfaction… Continue reading
