The Power of Going All-In

MONTH 9LEADING THROUGH CHANGE, UNCERTAINTY, AND TOUGH TIMES

#1 CHANGE YOUR OUTLOOK ON FAILURE

Either you win or you learn. Either you crush it or you learn what you need to do next time to crush it. Failure is all about your outlook.

Instead of looking at failure as a negative, realize that failure is an opportunity to learn and improve.

There is no such thing as failure because if you learned a valuable lesson, then you haven't failed.

#2 EMBRACE CHALLENGES

As a manager, you're going to constantly come up against obstacles.

Things are going to go wrong more than they are going to go right. You're going to have projects where the work starts to pile up as you get closer to the deadline. You're going to accomplish major milestones, reach new peaks, and encounter new challenges you've never seen before.

But the difference between managers and all‐in leaders is that a mediocre manager will see a challenge and be completely silent. They won't raise their hand and volunteer to tackle the challenge because they are looking at it in a negative light.

A challenge is going to mean tons of time, energy, and hard work. A challenge is an inconvenience to a mediocre manager.

It's a distraction that's going to cut into their paper pushing and productivity. Plus, what if the outcome is bad?

A mediocre manager will assume that a bad outcome will be a disaster for their career and their interest. But instead of looking at obstacles in a negative light, a true leader sees these issues as opportunities ...