Tag: Paradox

The great leadership paradox and the demand for excellence

Reading poster

 

(photo: Last night at PREP office… want to become a better leader? Teach.)

Ever feel like a misfit, a crazy person, an unwelcome thinker, an overachiever, a zealot?

Plain vanilla leadership satisfies the masses because it is the most socially accepted flavor of leadership.

This type of managerial work is necessary in order to keep the pipe line full with the mediocre work known as the daily grind.

Ever work in a place where excellence is demanded?

Demanded.

Not hoped for, strived for…

Demanded.

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mind • body • spirit • work • home

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The paradox of risk

Fruit or cookies

 

(photo: Fruit or cookies? What’s the risk of eliminating processed sugar from our consumption?)

The paradox of risk is that we always associate risk with doing something different.

This is true, yet the paradox is that it is associated with creating something tangibly new and different.

Forget about creating. Destruction is required here.

What if the risk was to stop doing something?

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If we’re lucky we will catch ourselves failing

Teddy Bear in Assisted Living Apartment

 

(photo: Who are any of us to judge another? Do NOT do it. Life will be better.)

Learning not to judge is a lifetime endeavor. We make progress – and then, when and where we least expect it, we catch ourselves (if we’re lucky) failing.

Each time we fail is an opportunity to improve.

This takes guts to believe and and even more guts to embrace.

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Funny thing about what people really want

Walt Disney Legacy Award recipients
Never saw this honor coming. Not in a million years. To personify is great wealth.

 

Funny thing about what people really want. We start out believing it’s a great paycheck.

Money to purchase the things we want to own and do the things we want to do.

Eventually we get it.

(more or less, hopefully)

And then realize life ain’t about the money.

It’s about autonomy, mastery, and purpose – which allow us to make a positive dent in the Universe.

To personify Walt Disney’s good and decent and lofty values.

Which makes us rich.

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