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BUILD YOUR LEADERSHIP ENDURANCE

Are you prepared to go the distance? After all, leadership is an endurance activity. It requires advanced energy, focus, and stamina, because you are routinely working toward and bringing your best.

However, leadership is not about being perfect. I’m sorry to wait this long to tell you, but there’s no such thing as the “perfect leader.” The leadership journey is one of continuous improvement. Once you achieve today’s peak leadership fitness goals, you can set new, more challenging goals for tomorrow.

The key lies in your effort. As I discussed in chapter 3, effort is related to your mindset and whether you believe you have the ability to influence outcomes based upon your effort. This also directly ...

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