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337. How To Do Hard Things: 4 Strategies to Implement TODAY
Season 1, Ep. 337
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If you’re like most people, there’s probably a key area of leadership that you’ve been struggling with – or even worse, not struggling with, because you’ve decided to avoid it, and convinced yourself of all the reasons you didn’t need to do it in the first place!
Success in anything relies on your ability to develop the habits and disciplines that enable you to perform at your best. And, often, the most difficult step is the very first. Breaking through the inertia, and pushing yourself to do something difficult can be pretty daunting.
In this episode, I show you how to take the first step so that you can increase your comfort and confidence in doing the hard things that make a difference – to you and your people.
I take four of the most common weaknesses that I’ve seen holding leaders back, and give you a practical formula for taking that first vital step in each area:
- Speaking up in meetings;
- Making tough decisions;
- Having difficult conversations; and
- Loosening the control you exert over your people’s work.
It's hard to do hard things, but all you need to do, is take the first step!
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