Do not argue with the past and be open to embrace the future.
Avoid people who think they can never be wrong. Run away from people who think that acknowledging mistakes is weakness.
If your boss is never wrong because he uses his power to make mistakes to look “correct”, it’s time for another move.
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Great leaders are authentic and they change opinions based on new information. Bad leaders are lost in the past, never open to see a deep future.
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Comment 1: This is where imagination trumps knowledge, the latter puts you in defensive mode, working hard to protect what you already know, irrespective of its relevance or lack thereof.
No matter how much knowledge you have accumulated, it remains infinitesimal when compared with what you don’t know, so the idea of never being wrong or sticking to your initial position all the time is nothing really short of foolishness, and therefore not fit for debate.
Growth is tied to the future, you do not grow in the past.
Comment #2: Prof. your identity is a spectrum, it changes with the tone of your posts. When you write to educate businesses, you’re an Investor/Innovator/Entrepreneur/Strategist. When you write to inspire philosophically, you’re a Mentor. When you write to teach people, you’re a Teacher/Tutor. When you write from a technical point of view, you identify as an Engineer/Technologist.
A Leader doesn’t only ‘inspire’ his Teammates, he is also ‘inspired’ by them. If such is not the case, then he’s a Ruler, not a Leader. A leader is a part of a team. A ruler has no team, he has subjects.
If you’re subject to your boss rather than his/her teammate, you’re under a Rulership. If you’re intending to grow as a person under a “Leadership”, then you might want to quit the union. In other cases, your possible course of actions should be dependent on the nature of your relationship with the company.
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