The way I grew up, was in an autocratic, highly disciplined environment. I expect many of you leaders have similar experiences and backgrounds. The positive is that I benefited as an entrepreneur and remain very disciplined in the way I run my business. However, my experience and the way I showed up did not translate to effective people leadership.
This is where the importance of our mirror comes in. If we lack self awareness and self management, we’re never gonna have the capacity to develop a badass team, if we don’t take care of ourselves first. It’s like putting your oxygen mask on first – put your leadership mask on first, before you help others!
