Chapter 82. Stop Looking Over Your Shoulder
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.
—Ambrose Redmoon, American Philosopher
There’s no one less motivational to be around than someone who is always trying to anticipate other people’s criticisms.
The worst trap for you as a leader is to begin anticipating what your own leaders think of you from moment to moment, to do superficial things to impress them, rather than doing real things to encourage your own people.
Great leadership by example (such a great motivator of others) comes from getting independently better at what you do, and not living in anticipation of other people’s opinion of you.
It allows you to increase your ...
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