Trusting The Leader Within
Jun01
I brought new members to my team. I worked hard to diversify and to build my business so I can offer a wider range of services to a wider client base. As I worked, I sought the counsel of various individuals who are genuinely interested in my success. Each one answered my request for advice from a different perspective. Like every leader, I needed honest input from people who can challenge my old habits of thought and call attention to factors I do not or cannot see for myself. While I spent the last year listening to others suggestions and ideas, I stopped listening to one very important voice: my own. I paid consultants and outsiders to help me, all the while ignoring a nagging inner voice that told me some of my choices were wrong. I went in the wrong direction. I even went as far as to scrap a long-held business vision on the advice of someone who said my vision was too broad, that it...