Listen
Refusing to listen can have unfortunate consequences. Insisting on your own way without taking the time to listen never ends well. Humility should guide you to check yourself. Take your experience and gained wisdom to heart. We are often searching for an explanation of why, but be patient, the why might not be the question. How, might be the answer to what you are looking for. I have often found that listening more than talking is key to knowing many things.
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Listen, learn ... then lead…
This TED talk where four-star general Stanley McChrystal shares what he learned about leadership over his decades in the military is appropriate. How can you build a sense of shared purpose among people of many ages and skill sets? By listening and learning -- and addressing the possibility of failure.
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I have jumped parachutes quite a bit, even learned how to rig those parachutes…the experience is so much a lesson in patience, be still…you really don’t want to jump, but at the end of it, you just want to get out of the damned plane..
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