Meditations On Leadership
These are my thoughts on leadership related topics and ideas. It is meant to be a sort of journal for me and if you find it useful than I am happy to have helped.
“Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.” — Albert Einstein Don't focus on what everyone thinks about you. You can never please everyone and you shouldn't try. You should focus on being a good person. By good I mean someone that lives by their values. If you truly believe something in your heart then you will only be happy when you live by that value. If you don't live by that belief you will only find frustration and discontentment. I was in a meeting once and at one point the owner of the company started chewing out one of my coworkers for a silly mistake. My coworker took it in his stride but everyone felt a little awkward and one person said something like "I think what she means to say is that you probably should have..." trying to soften the blow to our coworker. I didn't think much about it then but it bothered me. Then a day or two later I realized that by me not doing anything or saying anything I had not lived in accordance with my values. I don't believe that people should be rude to each other. I especially think that it isn't right when someone of a superior position is rude to a subordinate. That is a value I have. I should have done something or said something. At the very least I should have said that I was uncomfortable with the way it was handled and how things were said. Since that meeting I have tried to be more vocal about uncomfortable situations. I use the discomfort as a signal that something is wrong and I need to say or do something. I try to never be contentious and I try to always come from a place of sincerity and from my own perspective. I can't control other's reactions but I can say that when I do speak up, no matter what else happens, I feel better for doing it. Leadership LessonYour inner voice will tell you when you are going off track. Listen to that voice and align yourself with those inner values. If you do listen then you can feel good about yourself no matter what happens and I would call that being successful.
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