![]() ![]() It’s easy to get detached when companies grow, and when that happens the consequences of your actions seem less real. If you can really put yourself into other people’s shoes, you will truly care about them, and thus be worth for them to follow you. That’s why empathy is the most important trait of a leader. This doesn’t mean you should try to save everyone, but you have to be aware that the consequences of your actions as a leader directly impact the lives of people. If so, you’re not only shutting down a part of the company, you’re robbing people of their safety, by firing them from their jobs. Let’s say you manage the finances of your company. In that case, your responsibility might be to “allocate the budget in a way that maximizes profits”.īut in reality, it’s your job to make sure the money goes to the people that will use it the best. Note: For the same reason I’m working my ass off to get to $1,000 in passive income per month □ Lesson 2: Responsibility means truly caring about other people, so don’t get detached. Once you’re not worried about avoiding threats, you can start improving. Free food, ask-any-question meetings and 20% time for your own experiments are a pretty safe environment to be in. The bigger the circle of safety around the group, the faster the progress.įor example, Google draws a pretty awesome circle of safety around its employees. That’s why a leaders job is to provide safety to his followers, so they can focus on making progress towards their shared vision. ![]() When John takes care of collecting berries, and Jason hunts some wild boar, while Jenny finds a nice cave, Joshua can spend all his time crafting a new spear. Progress only started occurring once they moved around in groups and delegated tasks. They had to run away from saber-tooth tigers, hide from enemies, avoid diseases, and oh, hunt and gather their own food and find a place to stay. Today all of our safety problems revolve around money, but our ancestors had tons of safety issues. Our brain always defaults to safety mode, and the reason is simple: it had to in the past, or we wouldn’t be here. Had they not, it would’ve been unlikely you could spend 8 hours playing guitar without worrying about them. The reason you could focus entirely on making progress on something you care about, is because your basic needs were already secured in that particular moment. Were you worried about paying that month’s bills? Where there was nothing to gain but the joy of doing it. Think about the last time you made a lot of progress on a fun little side project of yours. If you want to save this summary for later, download the free PDF and read it whenever you want.ĭownload PDF Lesson 1: Safety means progress. The 21 Best Books of 2021 (Fiction & Nonfiction). ![]()
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