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Why A Rough Start Isn’t The End Of Your Leadership Journey

When I first began leading, I wasn’t very good. Some would say I still can’t lead well.

But in all seriousness, we all have issues when we first begin to lead.

Rough starts are just the beginning of leadership

The Problems Of First Leading

As you begin to lead, you’ll face all sorts of trials. Team members won’t like you. You won’t lead the same way as the previous organizational leaders. Mistakes will be made.

All of these leadership issues can lead to big problems down the road if we let them.

I remember when I first started to lead.

I was young, fresh out of high school. My inexperience told me not to speak up. There’s wiser leadership in the room.

So I held my tongue. When an issue arose, I didn’t voice my concern. Instead, I felt it was the elder leaders responsibility to take action.  Read more...

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Push Through The Pain

 

Athletes know about pain. They feel it every day.

Pain comes when they push their bodies to the breaking point. In exercise. In eating. In resting.

Every practice, every competition, every workout… Their body is being torn apart.

Pain enters and leaves their bodies. Yet they continue to enter the pain zone. Not only that, they push through the pain zone.

As they push through the pain zone, athletes realize something. Pain is only temporary. If you go long enough, you can get through the pain.

Pain Is Temporary

I’ve discovered this in my running. Starting to run again after an injury has been difficult.

My body remembers the motions, but the body has lost its endurance. Within minutes, my body wants me to quit. My body is screaming at me that running hurts.  Read more...

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Embrace The Leadership Pain: Sam Chand Interview

So many people run from their pain, even in leadership.

We don’t like feeling pain. We think pain sucks (and it can). We want to get as far away from pain as possible.

But former pastor Sam Chand has a different take on pain. He believes that we need to embrace pain rather than push it away.

interview with Sam Chand

Sam Chand recently released his book, Leadership Pain: The Classroom For Growth, where he talks in depth about the issues of pain in leadership and what we should do with the pain. His thoughts are eye-opening.

With the release of his new book, I was able to secure an interview with Sam Chand.

Sam Chand Interview

During our time together, Sam and I discuss:

What Sam has done in his career and where he has lived (And, at one point, he lived just a few hours from me).  Read more...