A Field Guide to the Unruly Art of Leadership

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The Power of Pause: A Guide's Perspective on Strategic Stillness adaptive leadership generative leadership intention intuition perfectionism resilient leadership seeds of potential Dec 10, 2024

"Hustle harder." "Never stop grinding." "Sleep when you're dead."

(Anyone else exhausted just reading those?)

Here's what I've noticed after decades of guiding leaders: We've created a culture that romanticizes constant motion while treating stillness like a guilty pleasure. And perhaps most tellingly, we keep adding "but fail forward!" to the end of every piece of advice, as if we need to apol...