Here, there, and everywhere

Colleagues,

MVP: Leadership is hard because you need to look everywhere at once.

On the penultimate day of our hike, we were on a gentle descent into a gorgeous valley. I looked up to appreciate the view and felt my foot sink into something soft and squishy.

If you have been reading, you will remember me noting how many sheep there are, and sheep leads to sheep poop.

This is why leadership is so difficult. 

Leaders need to watch where they are going, but they also need to be able to look forward. Great leaders are also able to see the past by looking backwards.

How can you do all those things at once?

You can’t.

How can you look up or back without stepping in the poop?

You can’t.

What’s the solution?

Pause and stand still.

Just long enough to appreciate where you have been and plan where you are going.

Then continue on, watching where you step.

Today’s intention: How can you build in a moment to stand still and look around?

Cheers!

​Frederick