2/ In particular:
"Surrendering to the demons that torment your organization does not mean abdicating your responsibilities to manage...acknowledging the ways you contribute to the problem without descending into pointless self-flagellation –adds to the heat beneath the crucible"
"Surrendering to the demons that torment your organization does not mean abdicating your responsibilities to manage...acknowledging the ways you contribute to the problem without descending into pointless self-flagellation –adds to the heat beneath the crucible"
3/ That concept is clarifying and powerful for me. To be able to acknowledge that I have contributed to a key problem but not to beat myself up endlessly for it as CEO. That is not a balance I have had the mental discipline to strike.
4/ While I'm sure there are times I contribute to problems and I'm unaware, more present for me are the times I torment myself about my known contributions to mistakes. The mental health toll is painful and seemingly never-ending.
Thank you for that insight Jerry.
Thank you for that insight Jerry.
5/ Then it gets even better:
"That’s often the biggest obstacle to becoming your self. The frenzied, frenetic, do-it-now, answer-the-email-now-or-the-company-will-die-even-though-it’s-3 a.m. attitude is precisely the wrong process of becoming your self."
"That’s often the biggest obstacle to becoming your self. The frenzied, frenetic, do-it-now, answer-the-email-now-or-the-company-will-die-even-though-it’s-3 a.m. attitude is precisely the wrong process of becoming your self."
6/ I think one of the things he is talking about is creating the mental (and physical?) space to allow for reflection. Ability to zoom out. I find that the times when I'm most in "reactive" mode (respond now!) are the times when I am least effective as a leader.
