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Being the Leader of Your Life During COVID-19
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Have you ever heard the expression, “You’re the leader of your life”? I truly believe this statement is true. I believe that the sooner this idea lands for you, the better. More often than not, we do an awful lot of waiting for life to come to us… hoping that someone will tell us what to do. Make decisions for us. Force us to commit to a new way of behaving. Help us make choices. Help us commit. Make us commit.
Actually, I believe we’re getting messages all that time that are intended to guide us to move forward in some way in our life. In other words, the signs are all around us. We just choose not to hear or see them. This is of no fault of our own. I believe we’re just not ready. Messages come to us in many different forms and sensations—sometimes physical, emotional, or situational. For the most part, we’re gently being guided towards the solutions we can handle or tackle—constantly. Unfortunately, many times, we fight the messages and the messengers!
Could it be possible that you’re simply not ready to listen to the messages around you? What would happen if you began to pay closer attention to these messages? How would or could your life change?
COVID-19 is impacting those in leadership all over the world. An important leadership practice is highlighted in a recent article published by McKinsey & Company, entitled, "Leadership in a crisis: Responding to the coronavirus outbreak and future challenges".
“Investing time in their well-being will enable leaders to sustain their effectiveness over the weeks and months that a crisis can entail.”
And so, as the leader of your own life, how can you invest in your
well-being? What difference could this make? What choices are you able to make? What steps can you take to better prepare for, respond and adapt to crisis as it impacts you and those around you? Get ready to step into these choices—as soon as you are ready.
Reference:
Leadership in a crisis: Responding to the coronavirus outbreak and future challenges. (2020). Retrieved 26 April 2020, from https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/organization/our-insights/leadership-in-a-crisis-responding-to-the-coronavirus-outbreak-and-future-challenges.
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