Chapter 15 Your Beliefs and Self-Talk
Evidence is conclusive that your self-talk has a direct bearing on your performance.
—Zig Ziglar, speaker and author
Nathan had been a successful individual contributor and was promoted to leadership. While he doubted his skills, he was leading people who were doing work he had done, so he felt he was doing a good job overall. Senior leaders thought he was doing better than that—they promoted him again. Now he finds himself leading people in three countries doing work he’s never done. He lies awake at night wondering if he’s really up to the challenge, and he is sure he’ll be exposed as unqualified for his job. He wonders if he can ever ...
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