Crisis to Creative Opportunity

"I always think about what I am going to do, and what I want to happen instead of what the batter is going to do, or what may happen to me." Hugh Casey [successful and calm relief pitcher]

As a leader, what do you focus on more, what you want to happen or what you don’t want to happen?

If you’re like many of my coaching clients you WANT to think about what you want, but…. Something keeps you focused on what you don’t want: people not meeting your metrics, programs failing, screwing up that staff meeting, not getting deadlines met, etc.

Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “Where your focus goes, your energy flows.”

My driver’s education instructor told me (way back when!), “Where you look is where your car will go, so make sure you look at where you want to go.”

What would happen if you chose to focus on where you want to go as a team and in your leadership rather than focusing on all the problems?

Challenge: set aside 10 minutes, every day this week, at the beginning of the day, to think about what you are going to do and what you want to happen.

Let us know how it goes!