Great leaders embrace losing and learn from failure instead of avoiding it. By distinguishing bad luck from bad decisions and honestly reflecting on mistakes, you build a small consistent edge that compounds over time.
What would you say is the most underrated psychological trait of great leaders?
As leaders in high-performing organizations, we become addicted to the goals and hitting our goals and achieving and winning. Having measurable goals, achieving them is incredibly motivating and it galvanizes organizations. But your question is about what's the most underrated or more underappreciated leadership skill is as leaders in high-performing situations or in everyday life, We don't embrace losing enough. You need to develop a small edge that you apply consistently. So I think that's underrated is okay, we got something wrong. We made the wrong decision and maybe we got unlucky. So separating whether it was bad luck or a bad decision is really important. And those aren't necessarily the same thing, but things didn't turn out as expected. Being able to honestly turn back and appreciate the opportunity to learn from it. You know, we all get it wrong sometimes and embracing it and learning from it is not only liberating, but it works. It really works.
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