Leadership Freak

Real leaders live with an itch that can’t be scratched.

Be happy with dissatisfaction or live an unsatisfying life.

cat scratching

Dissatisfaction drives leaders. Those who tell us to accept the world as it is, would be out of work if we believed them.

George Bernard Shaw writes,

“As long as there is want, I have reason for living. Satisfaction is death.”

Opportunity waits behind the door called dissatisfaction. The real issue is what to do with it.

Greatness is a function of addressing dissatisfaction.

If you are satisfied with the world, you aren’t a leader.

Exploiting dissatisfaction:

  1. Don’t rationalize dissatisfaction. If you persistently say it’s not that bad, it worse than you think.
  2. Define dissatisfaction. Courageously confront and name your dissatisfaction. Don’t hide. Stop pretending. Explore it.
  3. Own your dissatisfaction. Weak leaders blame. Strong leaders own. Are you dissatisfied because you aren’t getting what you want or you aren’t giving what you want?

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