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This week, third-time guest author RJ Johnson joins us to talk about change.
Changing organizational momentum is hard! A new leader shows up, has great ideas, and tries to implement them all at once – dangerous!
Instead, RJ argues that leading change is like gardening. We need to carefully plant our crop through preparation, nourishment, pruning, and support to produce a harvest.
This is an important narrative from a leader who’s been there.
Be great today!
Steve
We can all agree it feels terrible to fail. It makes us feel inferior, embarrassed, sad, and, well, like a disappointment. It’s something most of us try to avoid at all costs, yet falling short is the key that helps us improve little by little.
I’m currently teaching an elective on this topic. Over the course of five weeks, I challenged students to conduct exercises where they will not be successful. Each exercise is designed to try something, learn from it, and get better.
On the first week, the task was to break the world record for tallest card house.
Full story below to include my house of cards.
Be great today!
Steve
It’s easy to read someone’s biography and stand in awe of their accomplishments. After all, bios are designed to be impressive.
But behind the achievements and success is a flurry of failures. No one has a perfect resume, is batting 1.000, or has stopped every goal fired against them.
As Jack Hughes, U.S. Gold Medal hockey Olympian, who took a stick to the face, lost a few teeth, and scored the game winning goal a few minutes later.
Like Jack, we have to be willing to take the hit in order to get to our victories. Once we can embrace our failures, then we can build a resume to be proud of.
Be great today!
Steve
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