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Leadership is not a license to do less; it is a responsibility to do more. And that’s the trouble. Leadership takes work. It takes time and energy. The effects are not always easily measure and they are not always immediate.
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Without a Circle of Safety, people are forced to spend too much time and energy protecting themselves from each other.
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27 |
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It is the company we keep, the people around us, who will determine where we invest our energy.
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27 |
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Leaders are the ones who are willing to give up something of their own for us. Their time, their energy, their money, maybe even the food off their plate. When it matters, leaders choose to eat last.
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83 |
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What makes a good leader is that they eschew the spotlight in favor of spending time and energy to do what they need to do to support and protect their people.
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83 |
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…endings of all kinds… shape our behavior in four unpredictable ways. They help us energize. They help us encode. They help us edit. And they help us elevate.
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What the end of a decade does seem to trigger, for good and for ill, is a reenergized pursuit of significance.
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At the beginning of a pursuit, we’re generally more motivated by how far we’ve progressed; at the end, we’re generally more energized by trying to close the small gap that remains.
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The best bosses do more than charge up people, and recruit and breed energizers. They eliminate the negative…
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…the best bosses keep hunting for little ways to use everyone’s time and energy more efficiently and respectfully.
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