How Self-Awareness is the Key to Thriving as a Young Leader
Becoming aware of yourself allows you to build on your great strengths. And with an awareness of your weaknesses comes the ability to turn them around and use those weaknesses to your advantage.
Anxious to Be Me
Within minutes of getting to the hospital, the nurses and the doctors could see I was in serious distress and they acted quickly. They tried talking to me, but I couldn’t speak clearly. My mouth was dry and my teeth were clenching so hard. Within seconds, I was lying on the hospital bed with all these scary and weird looking machines around me, veraciously staring at me as if they were saying goodbye.
Is Your Mindset Limiting You as a Young Entrepreneur?
In a ground-breaking research study conducted by John-Erik Mathisen and Jan Ketil Arnulf at BI Norwegian Business School, there are two mindsets that most aspiring entrepreneurs have, one of which is likely limiting your potential as a young entrepreneur.
How Great Leaders Are Built
It starts with making a decision to do things differently. This is a decision to match your outer expressions with your inner experiences. Yes, you may get into trouble for doing this, but do it anyway. The things you say and the things you do need to match with the things you actually believe.
The Most Important Thing You Need as a Young Leader
While I was busy trying to hold on to these things that I thought were who I was, deep inside me was a deeply wounded little boy who needed someone to give him hope. I couldn’t find this hope in my profession, job, business or with friends. It came from a personal coach.
The Best Way to Get Better as a Young Leader is to Fail
The biggest mistake you can make in your career and in your life as a young leader is to try and protect yourself from failure. If you want to become who you want to be, you must be willing to fail. If you want to get hired, you must be willing to get fired.