Whether you’re the CEO of your organization or the head of your department, you are the thought leader for your team. The way you think and believe and what you demonstrate can either lead to success or failure. If you’re like me, you constantly get ideas or notice patterns you’d like to see change. Too often, those things get pushed to the wayside in favor of the things that have to happen right now.
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Starting today, I’d like to challenge you to a different approach: When you see something that needs to change or hear an idea from someone that you’d like to incorporate, decide that you are going to focus on it and declare that pursuit to your team and organization.
For example, if you want people to focus on improving communication, talk about communication in every meeting. Add it to your monthly goals. Measure your progress. Take note of what people are talking about in meetings. When you shift your focus in a particular direction, an interesting phenomenon occurs. Suddenly, you will become sensitive to all the problems. It doesn't mean the issues are happening more, it just means you're noticing them more because you've directed your attention there.
It can be discouraging, but not if you have the right mindset. It’s an example of teleological thinking, which means that whatever you think about the most is what you will gravitate toward. Your mind becomes especially activated toward a particular topic and you notice everything that could slip by when your mind wasn't tuned into that "channel", so to speak.
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Author: Jason Forrest @jforrestspeaker
Awesome book. Heard about it from a friend.
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