You can’t be too kind when kindness includes toughness.
Kindness without truthfulness means others run your life. Truthfulness without kindness makes you a jerk-hole.
Kindness gives life to hope.
Truthfulness energizes progress.
You earn credibility when you know how to be tender and tough.
Here’s how…
My sole strength is in my tenacity. Louis Pasteur
Tenacity is the bridge between goals and achievement.
Learn four ways to build tenacity in others.
Some teams crumble. Others devour each other. Trouble reveals strength. Resilient teams adapt, recover, and emerge from crisis stronger.
Personal grit isn’t team resilience.
Teams with grit don’t simply survive disruption; they get better.
Here’s how to build resilient teams that thrive under pressure.
Sun Tzu said, “For it is precisely when a force has fallen into harm’s way that is capable of striking a blow for victory.”
Desperate times are defining moments.
Ease defeats you. Hardship defines you.
Desperate times make things clear.
The brutal truth inspires people.
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I’ve talked with many leaders who were confused, angry, and ready to quit. Sometimes I say, “Well, isn’t this exciting.” My smile confuses them. Some disagree. Others think I don’t get it.
Leaders run toward the battle, not away.
Perceived capacity governs response.
“Don’t depend on others,” is a destructive scam.
Life is limited to individual achievement when you don’t depend on others.
How to depend on others…
