So since your direction depends much upon you, and with so much hanging in the balance, there’s a question that becomes very important to answer: How are you leading yourself? Here is the physics problem in a nutshell. Too many times leaders, in the absence of someone looking over their shoulder, allow the reality of the mission or the circumstances to lead and to shape them. They get into a reactive mode, always responding to external forces and problems, and quickly losing sight of their larger role and purpose. The crush of urgent crises, to-do lists, squeaky wheel people, and distracting
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