Everyday Leader Interview
What do dogs, Joseph Campbell and enlightment all have in common?
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Just like any leadership initiative, purpose is more important than perfection – enjoy the interview and the technical bumps Samadi Demme and I experienced along the way.
Happy Leadership,
-Coach Preston
Just Three Things
Yesterday, I had a conversation with Alex, a business owner who expressed his frustration with the current state of affairs. He’s coming off a roller-coaster year in revenues and worried that 2010 will be the same or worse. The exasperated question came about half-way through our conversation, “Why does this have to be so difficult?”
I had a conversation with Jeff, another business owner later in the day who’s had three consecutive years of increased growth. His question to me was a bit different… “When will this actually become difficult?”
The similarities in business, service and geographic location are clear between these two owners.
So what is it that creates the seemingly enormous difference between the two? How come one is having the experience of dread while the other is having the time of his life?
I asked and here’s what I found:
Three Hours of Delight
Goal #144 – “Ask my partner to give three hours of his/her time per week, to release me to do something I really enjoy.” ~ Thomas Leonard, www.thomasleonard.com
Can you imagine that?
Most of us can’t. Time is just too scarce. Just too valuable. Plus, we’re the only ones who can do what we do.
What a crazy trap we set for ourselves. Much of it is based in ego; the rest based in the concept that suffering under current circumstances is still more comfortable than changing them.
