Have you ever had a single moment or decision that you kept beating up yourself or others over and over again? I have and most likely so have you. For leaders to achieve their full potential, we have to properly evaluate our losses but they cannot continually defeat us. We have to get over it and move on.
The following are 7 Reasons Leaders Need A Short Memory:
- The Oval Track – Leadership does not have a finish line. Because leadership is always moving forward, we are on a continual oval track. The mistake we make is that we confuse finish lines with starting lines.
- Our Team Needs Us – We have to get up and move forward because our teams desperately need us to help them navigate through difficult times.
- Mental Health – Because you are constantly breaking through barriers and taking new ground as a leader, this will require intentionality, focus, and direction. A sense of defeat leverages against those things.
- Attitude – People follow positive individuals who point to a brighter tomorrow.
- Positive Examples – As leaders, we need to model to our team how to handle disappointment. Our team will subsequently follow our lead.
- Big Picture Thinking – We need to evaluate things that set us back in context of a larger picture.
- Momentum – We were taught as children that when we fall off our bike we need to get right back on. This principle is still true for adult leaders. When you have a defeat, get back on the bike and quickly regain the momentum that only comes from victories.
I wish our personal performance and that of our team was always up and to the right. However, history tells us this is not the case. When something seems to have gotten the better of you, just don’t let it keep beating you. Once is enough for leaders to learn from.
Do you rebound quickly from disappointments? If so, tell us how you do it.
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